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Timo Werner has agreed to join Chelsea and the club are on the brink of tying up a deal to sign the forward from RB Leipzig. The German international is expected to become Chelsea’s second signing of the summer transfer window, following Hakim Ziyech, despite the suspension of the Premier League due to the coronavirus crisis. Chelsea decided to move to sign Werner after Liverpool stalled on meeting his release clause which is reported to be worth around £53 million. Werner has now agreed to join Chelsea on a contract worth almost £200,000 a week and the club are expected to finalise a deal with Leipzig thanks to the fast and decisive work of director Marina Granovskaia. Assuming it goes through, the signing will be a significant coup, as Werner had been tracked by Liverpool. It also signals Chelsea’s intent to back head coach Frank Lampard and try to make up ground on Liverpool and Manchester City ahead of next season after going through the last two transfer windows without a signing. A Fifa ban stopped them making any signings last summer and attempted moves for Dries Mertens and Edinson Cavani both failed in January. But with many clubs preparing to scale back their spending in the next transfer window and Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal already preparing to make the majority of their business free transfers and loans, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich appears ready to take advantage. Lampard had identified his attack as the main area to strengthen and Ziyech, who will arrive from Ajax in a deal worth £37 million, and Werner will significantly boost his options. Werner has scored 25 Bundelisga goals this season and was also on target in the first leg of the German club’s last-16 Champions League victory over Tottenham. It is believed Chelsea scouted Werner, 24, against Spurs to check on how he might be able to adapt to the Premier League.
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