Timo Werner: What is RB Leipzig’s plan with the former top striker?

There are scenes that make more statements than words. Timo Werner has not talked much after his return to RB Leipzig anyway. It is all the more speculated how things go with the former Torgarant of the Saxons.

So recently at the start of the training sessions. A sunny day, a beautiful, strong green lawn, finally football again. Finally back to the place where the fans have already celebrated it.

Almost 500 spectators were the first training session of the new season. Many of them had probably read about Timo Werner’s wedding in Mallorca or all the conjectures that could go on with arrow -fast attackers. He should no longer have a chance in Leipzig, it was said and said that the club wanted to sell him. This – reports lavish – presses the budget.

It would have been a moment to demonstrate publicly that he does not want to go out of Leipzig, where he became a 57-time international and DFB hopeful. One possibility: go first, show the will.

Timo Werner was long in coming. Ole Werner, the new RB coach, has long been on the training ground and with him almost 30 professionals before Timo Werner also came. Together with Xaver Schlager, he was the last to stroll out of the cabin. With a short waving greeting to the fans who called his name, Timo Werner entered the lawn. A few days later, at the first test game by RB Leipzig, he was not even in the squad.

It really hurt to leave a few boys at home, the coach Werner also reported the “Bild” about the player Werner and spoke of a few tough decisions. What else should he say?

From Timo Werner, who moved to the then promoted RB Leipzig in summer 2016, Timo Werner, who came back to Tottenham Hotspur this summer after a rather successful loan. At that time, Werner made a significant contribution to the fact that RB moved into the Champions League in the first season. It was also quickly associated with FC Bayern. In the meantime, it is clubs like Leipzig’s Red Bull partner from New York who are traded.

At that time Werner decided on abroad and switched to Chelsea FC. After the 23 million euros that Leipzig is said to have paid VfB Stuttgart, there were another 30 million that the London club transferred to RB. Werner played at the blues for two years, including under Thomas Tuchel. In 2021 he won the Champions League with Chelsea. He returned to the Leipzigers for 20 million euros.

“Yes, maybe I just wanted to go away in the end,” he said in retrospect at the time. “I had a very good first six months at Chelsea. I scored the goals and played well. Then all of this was forgotten a bit by the coach, it was not fair,” he said. Werner had played for the first six months at Chelsea under coach Frank Lampard, then Tuchel had taken over.

The second time at RB was also not a success story, and after a year and a half the club Werner borrowed from the Spurs in January 2024. “When I left the Premiere League, it was immediately clear to me that I would miss something. Because it is the best league in the world,” he said in a video about his idea.

Werner could not prevail in the second attempt on the island. After the 23 goals for Chelsea in 89 missions, there were only three goals in 41 games.

He was not even reported for the co-round of the Europa League, but despite the audience role, he was celebrated with a medal after winning the second highest European club competition. The reactions in the social networks were accordingly.

“I think the loan is not quite as successful as you may want,” said Leipzig’s sports director Marcel Schäfer in March of this year. He wanted to “think about Timo Werner and all the players who return in summer”.

Now Werner, whose last international operation has now been over two years ago, is back. His contract is still valid at RB Leipzig.