Liverpool still hoping to sign £52.7m Timo Werner with player keen to join
Liverpool have not given up on signing Timo Werner this summer with Jürgen Klopp this week telling the board the Germany striker would be perfect for his team.
The runaway Premier League leaders have not made a bid for the 24year-old while they deal with the coronavirus crisis. However, they are still keen to make the transfer happen and have been assured Werner will wait for Liverpool to make a decision before choosing his future club.
Werner’s representatives are aware of Liverpool’s situation. They have until 15 June to meet his release clause of €60m (£52.7m) – if there is no deal by that date Liverpool will have to negotiate a fee with Leipzig. Werner’s contract runs out in 2023.
Inter were one of the clubs who had shown interest in Werner but he has made it clear he does not want to move to Italy. The Inter sporting director, Piero Ausilio, said on Friday: “Timo Werner will not come to Inter. I know his thoughts about his future and we’ll not sign him. I love him as a player but we’ve never started talks to sign him.”
Werner started his career at Stuttgart
and has been with RB Leipzig since 2016. He has scored double figures in the league every season since and already has 24 goals in 28 Bundesliga games this season, having hit a hat-trick against Mainz last weekend.
RB Leipzig have played three games since the restart of the Bundesliga, winning one and drawing two, leaving them third, nine points behind leaders Bayern Munich.