Former Manchester United midfielder, Paul Scholes, has questioned Chelsea’s decision to allow Nicolas Jackson leave Stamford Bridge.
The Senegalese was loaned out to Bayern Munich during the summer transfer window.
Bayern Munich paid an initial loan deal which includes a mandatory obligation to buy if the former Villarreal man plays a certain number of games for the Bundesliga side.
Jackson is a backup to veteran finisher, Harry Kane at the Allianz Arena.
Before heading out of Stamford Bridge, the Senegal international netted 30 times in 81 matches for the west London side having joined from LaLiga side Villarreal for £32m in 2023.
Scholes, who noted that the 24-year-old is not a striker naturally, said the Blues should not have allowed him leave.
“These midfield players as No. 10s [like Chelsea’s Cole Palmer], they need pace up front, they need an Ian Wright up there,” Scholes said on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast.
“I don’t think Nicolas Jackson is the greatest finisher, he was never a player you were that confident was going to score if he was running through on goal. I didn’t get that impression with him.
“But at least he gets you up the pitch and he’s got the movement that helps other players because it gives them the space.
“When you’re not playing against pace everyone is pushed up and there’s nowhere to go.”