Timo Werner has scored just seven Premier League goals since joining Chelsea from Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig and some believe the German should leave Stamford Bridge.
Timo Werner is reportedly “thinking about leaving Chelsea” due to a lack of Premier League minutes but would prefer to stay at Stamford Bridge.
The Germany international, 26, has scored just seven Premier League goals since hi €47.5million move from RB Leipzig. His lack of goals has seen him fall down the pecking order under ,Thomas Tuchel starting only eight league games this season.
Much was expected of Timo Werner when he arrived at Chelsea. He scored 28 Bundesliga goals for Leipzig during his final season in Germany and remains prolific at international level, finding the back of the net 22 times in 49 senior outings.
Timo Werner’s Chelsea career is not heading in the direction it was supposed to when he arrived in England from Germany two summers ago, but even if it may be too soon to call him a complete bust, we might not get a chance to see him to turn things around.
According to German TV channel Sport1, the former RB Leipzig goal machine wants out and is already making plans to leave London for good.
The report claims that Werner’s representative, Volker Struth is already working on making this happen — assuming that Chelsea’s sanctions will be lifted once new ownership is in place — with Borussia Dortmund, who were linked to the 26-year-old earlier this month, supposedly leading the chase.
However, BVB might have trouble affording Werner’s transfer fee (“upwards of €40m”) and would certainly have trouble affording his current wages, even if they get many millions for Erling Haaland as expected.
After helping to secure Germany’s victory against Israel at the weekend, Werner spoke out on his current form. “I’m a striker and always want to score. Things aren’t going the way I’d like at Chelsea, so it’s all the better that things are going well here under Hansi Flick,” he said.
“I really enjoy playing football, no matter where I’m playing. There are differences in the style of play between football at Chelsea and here. Maybe the one at the national team suits me better. Here, I always have scoring chances, I can score goals. I feel very comfortable here.”
Timo Werner’s contract is thought to be the biggest stumbling block in leaving Chelsea. He is currently valued at £37.8m by Transfermarkt and reportedly earns €15m a year – around £245,000-a-week – at Stamford Bridge. Few clubs would match those wages.
Chelsea have other strikers on their books. Romelu Lukaku completed a £97.5m move from Inter Milan last summer – scoring just five Premier League goals since – and Kai Havertz impressed as a false nine earlier this term when Lukaku and Werner were both injured.
Tuchel has previously stated his desire to keep Werner. “I am sure that we will find games and solutions where we play with both of them [Werner and Lukaku],” said the German coach last September. “We did already and Timo and Romelu can be a good fit together.
“Timo loves to play around a reference up front and Romelu is clearly our reference up front being a tall and physical player. The most important is he finds his rhythm and confidence and joy and makes his point and makes his way into the team.
“The players are in charge to take their positions and fight for their positions and once they have it to not give it away… we have not too many players but we have players with high quality and high ambition and Timo is clearly a guy that we count on and that is absolutely necessary we have him on high level.”
It’s up to Turbo Timo to decide his future.
Visit Our Homepage