Sporting director Rouven Schröder wants to keep striker Timo Werner at RB Leipzig. Schröder denied that a transfer was in the offing on Sunday on TV station Bild. "I've only read about it. We are in intensive talks with all the players, Timo is one of them. We value Timo extremely - as a person and a player. We said right from the start that we wanted to go down this path together. We want to continue working with Timo beyond the winter," said Schröder.
He emphasized that the striker, who was recently left out of the national team, has the best conditions to do so at the Saxon Bundesliga club. "Ultimately, he has every opportunity with us to get back into the starting eleven. He has the opportunities and the skills to do so. That's what we want," said Schröder.
Werner has only made 13 appearances so far this season, coming on as a substitute nine times and scoring twice with one assist. He missed the top match at Borussia Dortmund (3:2) due to adductor problems. He is due to return to team training on Monday. Coach Marco Rose also demanded assertiveness from Werner. "Fight, work, keep going, it's our boy who has already proven his qualities. And yet there is a phase in your career where you might go astray yourself," Rose said of Werner, who returned from Chelsea FC in August 2022. Other players have also survived such phases.
Werner, who had already played for Leipzig between 2016 and 2020, was unable to build on his record from his first spell at RB with 95 goals in 159 Bundesliga games after his return.
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