Chelsea have cancelled Nicolas Jackson 's proposed loan move to Bayern Munich amid fears Liam Delap could be ruled out for up to eight weeks with a hamstring injury, sources have told ESPN.

Delap limped off with a hamstring injury just 14 minutes into Saturday's 2-0 win over Fulham at Stamford Bridge, secured through João Pedro 's header deep into first-half stoppage time and Enzo Fernandez 's 56th-minute penalty.

"Hopefully it is not long but this kind of injury, it can be six, eight weeks," Maresca told TNT Sport afterwards.

Any such absence would have left Chelsea with Pedro as their only fit senior centre-forward given Christopher Nkunku has joined AC Milan and Jackson was finalising a loan move to Bayern Munich.

However, sources have told ESPN the west London

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