Football international Timo Werner, who is in a sporting crisis, has been given the go-ahead by his club RB Leipzig for a possible move in the winter transfer window. RB confirmed a corresponding article in "Bild" on Thursday to the German Press Agency. According to the article, Werner could go on loan to another club in order to gain plenty of match practice and make himself available for the German national team's European Championship squad.
"Timo is our player. We have great confidence in his abilities and value him extremely highly as a person. Our wish is for him to make a name for himself at RB Leipzig. Of course, we are also discussing other options with him," said sporting director Rouven Schröder, who, like coach Marco Rose, is in constant contact with the 27-year-old. However, he had recently let it be known that he wanted to fight his way through at RB.
Werner has been in a slump in form since the start of the season. He has only made sporadic appearances because new signing Lois Openda is the main man in Leipzig's attack and Yussuf Poulsen and Benjamin Sesko have taken the place of Leipzig's record marksman. Werner is also often injured and is currently absent due to back problems.
Werner returned from Chelsea FC in the summer of 2022 for €20 million, having joined the club in 2020. However, he was unable to build on his record from his first spell at RB with 95 goals in 159 Bundesliga games.
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