Every four years, the World Cup is the ultimate shop window and Nicolas Jackson needs it more than most in 2026, in desperate need to prove himself on the biggest stage. Unfortunately for the returning Chelsea loanee, he stumbled at the first hurdle with a red card that is becoming worryingly characteristic.
After a couple of so-so seasons with Chelsea, Jackson was deemed surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge this time last year. He wound up joining Bayern Munich on loan with a conditional obligation to buy that was never realistically going to be triggered—Bayern almost certainly knew that would be the case when they agreed to the deal in the first place.
