Chelsea land RB Leipzig Striker as Liverpool pull out

RB Leipzig striker Timo Werner has agreed in principle to join Chelsea in a stunning deal worth £53million move. According to sports news from Sportsmail there is an understanding that Werner has accepted the deal on the table offered by the Stamford Bridge club worth around £180,000-a-week (£9m-a-year).

The Blues have capitalised on Liverpool going cold on the striker after an unwillingness on Merseyside to pay the RB Leipzig striker’s full release clause.

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 and Werner’s repeated praise of Jurgen Klopp’s team, he looks set to join their Premier League rivals.

There is still room for Liverpool to come in for Werner but at present they are unwilling to match the offer. Werner’s 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 with Chelsea by the start of next week.