Chelsea has on Thursday, agreed on a deal in principle to sign Germany striker Timo Werner from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.
The report added that Werner has a 55 million euro ($62.45 million) release clause which expires on June 15 and that Premier League club Chelsea had offered the 24-year-old a contract worth 200,000 pounds per week.
According to sources, Timo Werner is ready to sign his contract as new Chelsea player until June 2025 on tomorrow paperwork time.
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Liverpool has not sent any official bid to hijack the move. Chelsea will pay €55M to RB Leipzig. Timo has already spoken directly with Frank Lampard.
Werner is second-top scorer in the Bundesliga this season with 25 goals, four behind Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski.
He has made 29 appearances for Germany, scoring 11 times.
