Report: Tottenham must pull Werner clause by mid-June

The future of international footballer Timo Werner will apparently be decided as early as mid-June. According to a report in "Bild", English soccer club Tottenham Hotspur must decide by June 14 whether to exercise the agreed purchase option for the striker, who is on loan from RB Leipzig. According to dpa information, a transfer fee of 17 million euros would then be due.

In seven Premier League appearances so far, Werner has been involved in four goals. The 28-year-old has scored himself in each of the last two games. This means that Werner already has a better record at Spurs than in the entire first half of the Bundesliga season at Leipzig. The attacker was loaned out to north London in January to prepare for the European Championships at home.

If Tottenham take up the option to buy, Leipzig would almost have the purchase price they paid over a year and a half ago back in their coffers. Werner returned to Leipzig from Chelsea FC for €20 million in the summer of 2022. Two years earlier, the Saxons had paid €53 million for the move to the Blues.