Nicolas Jackson's cancelled Bayern Munich move BACK ON after talks resurrected

News has emerged that "top secret negotiations" have brought life back to Jackson's proposed switch to Bayern, reported by Sky Sport Germany's Florian Plettenberg. Those talks continue to be "ongoing" just hours after the deal was considered dead.

The original deal was so advanced that Jackson had travelled to Munich to complete his move, having fallen to the bottom of Chelsea's striker pecking order after summer arrivals of Joao Pedro and Liam Delap. But the latter getting injured during Saturday's Premier League win over Fulham changed things and Chelsea decided to back out. Jackson's camp didn't appear to take the news well and agent Diomansy Kamara teased that they would continue to push anyway. Chelsea then seemed to take measures that would make it possible to resurrect the deal by recalling young striker Marc Guiu from his only recently concluded loan to Sunderland.

Bayern had considered a move for Atalanta's unsettled star forward Ademola Lookman in a desperate bid to strengthen up front before the Bundesliga's transfer deadline. But Plettenberg's update explained that Lookman is still in Italy, suggesting that a deal for him is unlikely, and perhaps even that there is a degree of optimism about Jackson becoming a Bayern player.

Time is of the essence because of the imminent deadline, which falls at 8pm local time (7pm BST). But it certainly helps that, after Kamara's warning that planes "don't walk backwards", Jackson is believed to have stayed in Munich instead of immediately heading back to London.