When Liverpool refused to splash out on Timo Werner during the summer, Chelsea swooped and landed the Germany striker. Werner, red hot for RB Leipzig last season, had seemed like an ideal fit for the Premier League champions.
At 24, he has his best years ahead of him, is liked by Jurgen Klopp, has Champions League experience and last term added a more solid all-round game to his undoubted goalscoring ability under the guidance of Julian Nagelsmann.
Able to play from the left or through the middle, he looked a suitable arrival to help enhance the club’s much-vaunted current front trio of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.
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