Leipzig and German forward,Timo Werner has been reported to have agreed to join Chelsea for a transfer fee of about £53million with a weekly wage of £180,000-a-week, the dailymail reports.
Although the deal for Timo Werner is not yet official, as all interested parties mentioned in the reports are yet to officially release statements confirming the transfer deal. But the deal if confirmed, will surely be huge for Chelsea who have struggled upfront this season.
Recall that Timo Werner had some weeks back indicated his interest to be joining Liverpool owing to his admiration of Merseyside’s manager, Klopp and his playing style. But that dream seems to be going South, as Chelsea are already said to have paid RB Leipzig full release clause for the striker.
Timor Werner from the report obtained from Dailymail, has accepted the deal on the table offered by the Stamford Bridge club worth around £180,000-a-week (£9m-a-year).
Werner has a £53m release clause but the Reds have been put off given the financial uncertainty caused by the coronavirus crisis.
The clause has to be triggered by June 15 and despite Liverpool previously being considered front-runners, he looks set to join their Premier League rivals.
His agent Karlheinz Forster is understood to have held advanced discussions on Thursday and the finer details of the deal are expected to be ironed out by the start of next week.
It is understood that Jurgen Klopp made a video call to Werner a couple of months ago but the encouraging noises coming from Merseyside have since stopped.
Timor Werner will provide a competition for Tammy Abraham and already have a good relationship with Leipzig as 19-year-old defender Ethan Ampadu is on loan at the Bundesliga club, the report added.
Werner reportedly made up his mind to leave RB Leipzig in March and having not heard from Liverpool in weeks, he is now on the brink of confirming a move to Chelsea.