Tuchel is angry about the DFB star
Europe’s soccer elite is flirting with Timo Werner
7/29/2022 7:56 am
Where will Timo Werner play next season? Probably not at Chelsea. The DFB star really wants to leave London and formulates it very openly. Coach Thomas Tuchel is not amused. Numerous top clubs are interested in this.
The change speculation about Timo Werner does not stop. As the newspaper “Mundo Deportivo” reported, the football striker from Chelsea should also be on the list of possible newcomers at Real Madrid. So Borja Mayoral, Mariano and Marco Asensio could leave the Champions League winner. In addition to Werner, Edin Dzeko and Edinson Cavani are also considered possible candidates for Los Blancos’ attack. For Real, only Werner’s loan would be an option, it said. Real had already brought in DFB player Antonio Rüdiger during this transfer period, and Toni Kroos is also a proven player with the royals.
According to media reports, Werner should also be an issue at Juventus Turin and the newly rich sheikh club Newcastle United. In addition, the “Leipziger Volkszeitung” reported that Bundesliga club RB Leipzig was interested in a return campaign for the 26-year-old. Club boss Oliver Mintzlaff is said to have been in contact with Werner for a long time. This should no longer feel comfortable with the London club. At the beginning of this World Cup season, he began to ponder. “It’s clear I want to play more and I should play more to be in good shape for the World Cup and have a chance to play. I could be happy anywhere.”
Coach Thomas Tuchel was not amused. “I’m surprised,” said the Chelsea team manager about the public thoughts of his concern striker Timo Werner, “I would be very happy as a young guy if I had a contract with Chelsea. I would be one of the happiest people on the planet.”
Ballack criticizes Werner
Meanwhile, long-time DFB captain Michael Ballack sees Werner in a challenging situation. “Timo has been further than he is now. We’re talking about personality and character. The step to go to Chelsea, knowing what environment awaits him, was courageous. He hasn’t managed to assert himself yet.” , Ballack said recently at a DAZN appointment in Munich. “I’m missing a bit of the elbow mentality, both at Chelsea and with the national team. That’s a bit too good for me. If that doesn’t change, he’ll continue to have a hard time,” said Ballack.
Werner moved from VfB Stuttgart to Leipzig in 2016 and scored 93 goals in 158 competitive games for RB. In 2020 he decided to move to eventual Champions League winners Chelsea, who paid around 53 million euros for him. “It is important that mentally, also with what he says and represents, he continues to internalize this claim and conveys it to the outside world. Now it is up to him to build up this mental strength again. He has to try to flip the switch so that he can turn it back on believes itself,” said Ballack.