Update: 10:30pm EST: Leipzig and Chelsea are expected to finalize the deal on Monday
According to Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea FC and RB Leipzig are expected to finalize the deal for Timo Werner on Monday:
Timo Werner’s deal will be completed on Monday. RB Leipzig and Chelsea have a full deal, permanent deal confirmed as revealed yesterday: no loan with option to buy. #CFC
All parties will prepare documents to sign the agreement next week. pic.twitter.com/6VvxIEyuHk
– Fabricio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 7, 2022
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Update: 2:45pm EST: Leipzig expected to pay €30m for Werner
According to Sport1’s Patrick Berger, RB Leipzig are expected to pay €30m to Chelsea FC for Timo Werner:
Update: 11:00 am EST: Permanent move for Werner
According to transfer czar Fabrizio Romano, the deal between Chelsea Football Club. and RB Leipzig for Timo Werner will be a permanent move, but no fee has been reported at this stage:
Leipzig are ready to sign Timo Werner from Chelsea, here we come! I have been told it will be a permanent deal and NOT a loan. Werner will leave Chelsea. ⚪️ #CFC
first call @Plettigoal today, the final details are now being discussed: it is done, the personal terms have been agreed for 1 month. pic.twitter.com/RCnqNZAUFZ
– Fabricio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 7, 2022
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According to Sky journalist Florian Plettenberg, Chelsea Football Club. and RB Leipzig have reached an agreement for the former Bayern Munich Timo Werner, transfer target and current striker for Germany.
Werner, of course, became a rising star with RB Leipzig before moving to Chelsea for the 2020/21 season, where he won a Champions League title with the Premier League club. However, things would not always be good for Werner at Chelsea, as the team was overloaded with strikers and also offered little consistency for him and most of the other younger players.
Now, however, it looks like Werner will return to Leipzig for the final stretch leading up to this winter’s World Cup in Qatar:
Excl. Timo #Werner: He is about to join Leipzig! It’s almost a DONE DEAL. Positive events in the last few days. Timo wants to come back and he will. Total agreement expected in the next week. Great deal for RB and the Bundesliga! #CFC @Sky_Marc @philipphinze24 @SkySportDE
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) August 7, 2022
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Plettenberg issued a follow-up tweet saying he still didn’t know if the move would be a loan deal or a permanent deal:
Permanent loan or deal. For this we are still under investigation. It is not 100% clear at this stage. We expect a loan with option to buy.
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) August 7, 2022
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Werner’s pace and ability to create offense have rarely been questioned, but he became the target of many English fans for offside at the wrong time and missed opportunities that some considered easy while in London.
Whatever the case may be, Werner will make RB Leipzig a better and more competitive team, but there could be some roster fallout. With Werner in tow, The Red Bulls will add the German international to an attack that currently features Christopher Nkunku, Dani Olmo, Dominik Szoboszlai, André Silva, Emil Forsberg, Yussuf Poulsen and Alexander Sørloth among others.
In a season where Bayern Munich are making waves with their speedy attacks, RB Leipzig are trying to counter that with their own set of lightning-fast forwards. The arrival of Werner and Hoffenheim left-back David Raum, plus Konrad Laimer looking set to stay this season, make RB Leipzig a much more formidable opponent for Bayern Munich and everyone else this campaign.
The move should also benefit Werner’s status with the German national team. With RB Leipzig, Werner is almost certain to get the minutes he needs to stay near the top of Hansi Flick’s depth chart.
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