Nicolas Jackson’s agent has sent a firm response to Chelsea’s request for their striker to return to London and end his hopes of signing for Bayern Munich.

The Senegal international was deemed surplus to requirements earlier this summer following the arrivals of Joao Pedro and Liam Delap.

Jackson was told in no uncertain terms by Enzo Maresca that he had no future at Chelsea after two red cards in what appeared to be his last six games for the club.

After flying to Munich on Saturday afternoon, the former Villarreal striker had been hoping to complete a season-long loan deal.

Bayern had been willing to pay a €15million loan fee and would have retained the option to make the deal a permanent one for €80m next summer.

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