Timo Werner is on the verge of leaving RB Leipzig in January – but only according to newspapers. The rumours have been going on for some time, but coach Marco Rose is having none of it! Instead, Rose shows his striker a way back to the pitch.Eight Bundesliga matches, but only twice in the starting lineup: So far, the season seems to be passing by Timo Werner, at least in terms of his expectations and ambitions. Half a year before the home European Championship, the situation at RB Leipzig seems complicated for the 27-year-old forward.🇩🇪📊 Timo Werner (27) has started just 4 games for RB Leipzig this season, 2 of them being in the DFB Pokal… Leipzig are ready to discuss offers for him this January if the player wishes to move, reports @philipphinze24. pic.twitter.com/AO1S2Ia59Q— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) December 7, 2023 Initially, Bild reported that the club had given Werner clearance for a possible winter transfer. This news was presented to RB Leipzig coach Rose on Friday afternoon before the top match in Dortmund on Saturday. He couldn’t help but smirk. Rose criticized how media outlets quote other media and treat it as confirmed facts. As per RBL, there is no clearance, at least not officially.”Who from the club said that? Timo is our player.” More interestingly were the tangible opportunities for playing time that the 47-year-old coach offered his forward, who had missed Leipzig’s last five games due to injury.”We always talk as if Timo were miles away. Timo is fundamentally not far away.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7729415##However, the returning player must “fight, work, continue,” a sentiment applicable to any player in the second line, according to Rose.”Every training session, every performance in matches, every commitment will be rewarded. The last example was Yussuf Poulsen, who has reestablished himself as a regular striker after problems in the previous season.”What is missing for Werner to return to the field, possibly even in the starting lineup?”I expect Timo, with his quality and experience, to lead the way and inspire the team. It’s about duels, about signals. I want to see every player assess their situation and deal with it properly.” It sounded as if Werner might not have completed this process yet.BUNDESLIGA – MATCHDAY 14Friday 22.30: (1.84) Hoffenheim (3.80) Bochum (4.80)Saturday 17.30: (2.30) Union Berlin (3.50) M’ gladbach (3.35)17.30: (8.50) Eintr.Frankfurt (5.60) Bayern (1.36)17.30: (2.19) Heidenheim (3.50) Darmstadt (3.60)17.30: (2.50) Werder (3.60) Augsburg (2.95)17.30: (2.40) Wolfsburg (3.50) Freiburg (3.15)20.30: (2.70) Dortmund (3.50) RB Leipzig (2.58)Sunday17.30: (2.95) Stuttgart (3.60) Leverkusen (2.50)19.30: (2.45) Koln (3.50) Mainz (3.10)***odds are subject to change
