That is why Liverpool is his first option

Timo Werner apparently does not want to go to Bayern, but rather go abroad. There are numerous top clubs interested in scoring RB Leipzig’s goalscorer, but a team is a favorite for good reasons.

You can’t actually formulate a cancellation more clearly. “If a change should become an issue at some point, I would rather move abroad than switch to Bavaria,” said Timo Werner two days ago picture.

Only at FC Bayern itself you see it differently, because loud kicker the bosses evaluate Werner’s statements only as “tactical maneuvers”.

But Werner apparently no longer wants to serve as a gamble and substitute solution in poker for Leroy Sane, who continues to be a priority for Munich. Werner is obviously looking for an alternative – and that is in the Premier League.

Timo Werner: Interest from Barca, Real, Juve and Inter

According to information from SPOX and Goal also FC Barcelona and Real Madrid expressed interest, as well as Juventus Turin and Inter Milan should have the scorer of RB Leipzig on the slip. On the one hand, Werner is treated as Plan B if Inter and Juve have a need to say goodbye to Lautaro Martinez or Gonzalo Higuain or if Barca and Real should not get their favorites, Martinez and Erling Haaland.

On the other hand, the question arises as to which clubs can still afford high transfer expenditures due to the corona pandemic. After all, Werner would only be able to get out of his contract in Leipzig, which runs until 2023, if the exit clause is served with the fixed transfer fee of EUR 60 million.

Therefore, a move to the Premier League seems more likely, both economically and athletically, as candidates Chelsea and Manchester United are traded. The most concrete is the contact to Liverpool FC. With Jürgen Klopp it was loud picture Discussions are already underway, even if reports of a far-reaching agreement on a five-year contract endowed with around ten million euros per season are denied.

Mutual interest between Liverpool and Timo Werner

The Reds would like to sign the striker, but are currently still unsure whether they want to and can invest the high transfer fee. Loud Guardian the traditional club has therefore informed the Werner side that it still takes time to decide whether to make a formal offer.

The basic interest is mutual. “With Jürgen Klopp you have one of the best coaches in the world who is also German. There are many reasons why I might also fit in with my style of play,” Werner said in February.

The goal, the quick start and the counter strength speak for the 24-year-old. On the other hand, the question arises, where should he be at Liverpool given the world-class storm trio with Mo Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.

“Timo Werner is not that type of player. His greatest strength is by far his speed. And when I look at the Liverpool matches, Liverpool are so superior to most teams that they put their opponents in the back “It is much less effective,” said former Liverpooler Didi Hamann Sky Sports. “I don’t think he’s a player on the outside lanes. For me he’s best through the middle and I just wouldn’t know where he could or should be playing.”

Timo Werner’s statistics at RB Leipzig

season	Games	Gates	Assists
2016/17	32	21	7
2017/18	45	21	10th
2018/19	37	16	9
2019/20	36	27	12th
total	150	88	39

Liverpool legend Thompson: “Werner wants to come and will come”

The Reds legend Phil Thompson sees it quite differently. The 66-year-old, who won the European Cup five times and the championship seven times with Liverpool in the 1970s and 1980s, would welcome a change in Werner.

“He would be a real challenger to the three up front,” Thompson said to the same broadcaster. “We have Divock Origi as a replacement, but we need someone better. I’m sure Werner wants to come and will come.” Like other rivals like Manchester City, Liverpool needed two top players for each position: “It would be a fantastic commitment and someone we currently need.”

In addition to Thompson, other experts and fans also question the qualities of the Belgian Origi to be more than a wild card for the final phase. And due to the relocation of the Africa Cup, Mane and Salah will be missing two months in the worst case next January and February. The versatile Werner could be a perfect replacement, because in contrast to Hamann’s expertise, it is not only its strengths that are central. Rather, it has always evaded to the outside or been placed there as a hanging tip, which would make it a good fit in Klopp’s preferred 4-3-3 system and its counterpressing concept.

The successful coach knows Werner’s qualities (21 Bundesliga goals this season) and apparently trusts him to develop similarly to his established attackers, who all came to Liverpool at a similar age to Werner and made a leap in performance there.

The Champions League winner must have decided at the latest in mid-June whether he wants to serve Werner’s exit clause. If he decides against it, the striker would not be a problem either: “I really appreciate what I have at RB Leipzig and would therefore never say: I absolutely have to get out of here!”