Nicolas Jackson is itching to make a mark for Bayern Munich after a dramatic loan deal on deadline day where he was almost called back by his parent club, Chelsea following Liam Delap's injury.
The Senegalese forward has been in great form as he scored during the international break against DR Congo in a World Cup qualifier.
The 24-year-old is keen to feature for Bayern Munich and translate the same form for the Bavarians, but it remains to be seen if he starts ahead of first choice attackers.
However, a few days ago, Bayern Munich's honorary president of the supervisory board Uli Hoeness addressed Jackson's obligation clause and highlighted that he will never make 40 appearances to trigger that clause.
So, Jackson was asked about the same, but the 24-year-old is fully focused on playing games and helping Bayern Munich win games.
"Obviously I know he [Hoeness] is a big legend for this club. I have a lot of respect for him," he told the reporters ahead of the Hamburg game. "I know him since before. My job is just to play and help the team win games. The number of games isn't my focus. I want to achieve big things with the club."
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Bayern Munich were desperate to sign a backup forward for Kane and in the end, they were only open to loan deals. They eventually signed Jackson on loan with an obligation to buy of €65m whilst paying a loan fee of €16.5m ($19.3m).
What did Uli Hoeness say bout Jackson's obligation clause?
There was a lot of negative speculation around Jackson's loan move to Bayern Munich mainly due to the high loan fee and the amount of money tied with the obligation to buy clause.
Therefore, Hoeness in his recent interaction, he revealed that Jackson won't fulfill the 40-game threshold that is required to trigger the obligation clause.
"It's not a €16.5 million loan fee, because the player and his agent are contributing €3 million, so that leaves €13.5 million," Hoeness told in an interaction with Sport1. "And there will definitely not be a permanent contract. That only happens if he plays 40 games from the start. He will never do that."
The 73-year-old received massive back lash for revealing such intricate contract details directly on media even before the player has taken the field for his new club.
Later in an interaction, Hoeness clarified his statement about Jackson with emphasize on putting Max Eberl in good light for closing the loan deal.
"Everything I said was very helpful for Eberl," Hoeness told in an interaction with Sky Sports. "Everything I said was meant to help him. What annoyed me a lot is the stupidity of some journalists. They interpreted my words as if I had something against Jackson. These [journalists] didn't pay attention in maths because I said he won't play 40 games from the start.
"We still have 32 Bundesliga games. If we reach the Champions League final, which we hope we will, that adds 13 games. The total is 45 games. The DFB Pokal games do not count. So, he would have to start all these games. He will go to the African Cup in January, so he can't start 40 games, that's what I said."
Overall, it will be interesting to see how Jackson performs for Bayern Munich and whether he gets to make his debut against Hamburg on September 13 at the Allianz Arena.
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