Chelsea Want To Sell Jackson And Buy Sporting's Harder

Chelsea person made interaction pinch Sporting for striker Conrad Harder, having asked Bayern Munich to make a imperishable connection for Nicolas Jackson.

On Saturday nan Blues withdrew support for Jackson, 24, to person a aesculapian astatine Bayern for an first £13m indebtedness move, conscionable aft Liam Delap suffered a hamstring injury.

They besides contacted Harder and Sporting to sound retired a imaginable move aft Delap's wounded successful nan 2-0 triumph complete Fulham connected Saturday.

On Sunday Jackson remained successful Germany and is keen to time off Stamford Bridge, but because of nan alteration successful circumstances Bayern are being asked to re-negotiate for a imperishable woody to thief money a caller striker astatine Chelsea.

Signing Harder and trading Jackson is nan preferred action of 3 imaginable scenarios, pinch head Enzo Maresca worried Delap will beryllium retired for "six to 8 weeks".

Any woody is contingent connected some agreeing a interest and convincing nan 20-year-old one-cap Denmark world to move to Chelsea to compete pinch 2 different strikers.

Alternatively, Marc Guiu could beryllium recalled from his indebtedness spell astatine Sunderland, but that would require nan clubs to scope an agreement.

There is besides nan anticipation that Jackson is instructed to return to London by nan Blues.

The transportation model closes astatine 19:00 BST connected Monday, pinch Brighton attacker Facundo Buonanotte besides expected to subordinate connected a season-long loan.

Before nan wounded to Delap, Chelsea had besides made an connection to Barcelona guardant Fermin Lopez connected Saturday.

They besides person a cardinal privilege to offload their last fewer 'bomb squad' members successful Raheem Sterling, Ben Chilwell, Axel Disasi and David Datro Fofana.