Nicolas Jackson has revealed that he picked the brain of Sadio Mane before completing a season-long loan move to Bayern Munich this summer.

Chelsea bosses informed Jackson he was free to leave on a temporary basis as the club strengthened their attack with the addition of Joao Pedro, Alejandro Garnacho, Jamie Gittens, Estevao and Liam Delap.

An injury to Delap very nearly saw Jackson’s switch to Bayern fall apart, though, with Chelsea telling the Senegal international he had to fly back from Germany to join up with Enzo Maresca’s squad again.

However, the Blues went on to recall Marc Guiu from his loan at Sunderland, allowing Jackson to join the Bundesliga champions in the final few hours of the transfer window.

It’s understood Bayern paid an initial fee of £14million and have the opti

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