Oliver Mintzlaff has in the CHECK24 double pass on SPORT1 defended the timing of the move from Timo Werner to Chelsea immediately after the end of the Bundesliga season, which will mean that striker RB Leipzig will be absent from the Champions League final tournament in August.
“Timo Werner didn’t say: I don’t play in the Champions League, neither do Chelsea,” said the managing director of Saxony.
“There are different interests. There were interests not to miss the preparation in the new club. It was a joint decision, even if we wanted it to be different. But I don’t blame Timo.”
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Werner’s departure is certainly a weakening. “But it was also a special situation with Corona and the change,” Mintzlaff recalled.
“It is too easy if we pillor Timo and say: this is not a sportsman. Chelsea behaved extremely fairly, at some point we made the decision.”
Now other players are asked to take over Werner’s load in Leipzig. “Timo scored extremely important goals and developed into a national team,” said Mintzlaff. “But there will also be a Leipzig without Werner. We will of course get replacements. “
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