Chelsea agree 5 years Timo Werner deal

Chelsea Football Club has completed the signing of RB Leipzig forward and goal machine, Timo Werner, with only medicals left to complete the signing.

The Germany international has agreed to a five-year deal at the Stamford Bridge and joins Ajax’s Hakim Ziyech as Chelsea’s second signing of the summer.

Chelsea has agreed to pay €50m (£45m) to trigger the release clause of Werner, who is set to earn more than €10m (£9m) per season in England.

Werner joined Leipzig from Stuttgart in 2016 and has scored 32 goals in all competitions so far this season. He is known for his pace and can also play as a winger.

The German machine while discussing his move to west London, told the official Chelsea website: “I am delighted to be signing for Chelsea, it is a very proud moment for me to be joining this great club and He also thanked the club and fans at Leipzig and said they “would always be in my heart“.

His July move also confirms Werner will not play for Leipzig in the Champions League quarter-finals in August.

Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia reiterates that the club is “excited” to have one of Europe’s “most coveted players” heading to Stamford Bridge.

Werner has made a total of 157 appearances for RB Leipzig, scoring 93 goals and making 40 assists, developing into one of Europe’s most coveted forwards.

The 24-year-old forward will however remain with RB Leipzig for the remainder of the Bundesliga season before joining up with his new team-mates next month.

Current Premier League leaders, Liverpool, were first in line to secure the forward but Werner despite also wanting to move to Liverpool had reservations about whether he would play regularly considering Liverpool’s front trio of Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino is arguably the best in the world.

Klopp could not offer him any assurances but both men knew that Werner had the talent, ability, and attitude to be a success at Anfield.

Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, and Barcelona also showed interest in the prolific striker.

Chelsea resumes their Premier League campaign with a game away at Villa Park on Sunday.

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