The fact that Timo Werner did not travel to Italy with Chelsea, and therefore missed the last control game before the start of the Premier League in which Thomas Tuchel brought the line-up that will probably step up on the field on August 6 at the premiere of the domestic championship. And just during the second part of the match between the Blues and Udinese, the German Bild launched the news that Red Bull Leipzig is working on the return of the German striker, who they sold to Chelsea two years ago for 53 million euros.🚨 Timo Werner would agree to lower his salary by 50% in order to join RB Leipzig. 💰📉A loan with an option to buy is possible. 🔍🇩🇪(Source: @cfbayern) pic.twitter.com/cwsLCeHK3A— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) July 29, 2022 With his lazy body language in the recent (un)friendly debacle against Arsenal, Werner infuriated both fans and teammates, and rumors started to grow louder that he could follow in the footsteps of Romelu Lukaku, and that Chelsea’s management would have no problem parting with the man who scored just 23 goals in 89 appearances for the club. In any case, in two years at Stamford Bridge, Werner became a goalscorer without self-confidence, a man who does not score goals from situations where it is more difficult to miss than to shake the net, and Thomas Tuchel indicated that he will enter the season with Kai Havertz at the ’nine’ spot.Chelsea’s prelude to the Premier League: Sterling’s first goal, great Koulibaly and three goals against UdineseSo, Chelsea is on the threshold of getting rid of two attackers in a month, for whom they paid 166 million euros in the last two summer transfer windows before the current one. Lukaku went on a dry loan for which Inter paid only 8 million euros and Chelsea, seeing that they gave him away for nothing, does not want to repeat the same mistake. The problem for Leipzig could be the fact that Chelsea demands an expensive loan and a high clause on a potential buyout. With the departure of Werner, the Blues would be in a serious deficit with top players, but including Lukaku’s loan, they would save around 35 million euros on wages, and create a serious room for manoeuvre to hire a classic nine by the end of the transfer window.##NAJAVA_MECA_6537761##At the same time, Juventus, who were recently offered Werner, started thinking about the German, Newcastle also, but for now the Bulls are by far the most concrete. Negotiations are led by CEO Oliver Mintzlaff, since the club doesn’t currently have a director. And Werner’s former employer is aware that the German representative wants to return to the Red Bull Arena and is even ready to accept a 50 per cent pay cut. Currently, he earns over 16 million gross, or about ten net. But apparently, he does not consider it a big sacrifice, because in the future it could bring him a goal-scoring resurrection and an important role for coach Hansi Flick at the upcoming World Cup in Qatar.He hasn’t left a mark in the Premier League yet – maybe he can do it in different colours?The whole story takes place on the day when Leipzig hired David Raum, one of the best defenders in the Bundesliga and broke the club record with 25.5 million euros in compensation (without bonuses, although the first information was 30 with bonuses). Now it’s the turn for another big name, and the man who scored 93 and set up 40 goals in 158 matches for Leipzig. Chelsea’s demands will not be a joke, but the Bundesliga club has already made close to 67 million this summer with the sales of Tyler Adams, Hwang, Brian Brobbey, Nordi Mukiele and Eric Martel.
