Jurgen Klopp could finally secure Timo Werner transfer after Liverpool snub
Jurgen Klopp could finally get his hands on Timo Werner after it was reported that New York Red Bulls is interested in signing the Germany international.
Werner is currently on loan at Tottenham from RB Leipzig but has scored just three goals in 40 appearances for Ange Postecoglou's side, and an escape to MLS could be on the cards.
Foot Mercato reports that Werner is in talks with New York Red Bulls over a stateside move, which would presumably happen this month if an agreement can be struck.
While Klopp will not directly manage Werner, a transfer would see the player join the former Reds boss as a Red Bull employee. Klopp began in his role as Red Bull's Head of Global Soccer earlier this month.
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Liverpool was interested in signing Werner in 2020 but the Covid-19 pandemic ultimately put paid to that possible transfer as the Reds were forced to cut their cloth accordingly in the transfer market amid a dip in revenues.
At the time, Klopp said it would not have been a good look for Liverpool to have paid a huge transfer fee for a player while also asking existing squad members to take pay cuts.
“At the moment, all clubs are losing money," Klopp said. "Without spectators, we have to pay back the season tickets and probably sell none next year (during the 2020-21 season)... the VIP areas won’t be packed and the tickets won’t be sold. This will have an impact on other partners and things will look a bit different. Discussing with the players about things like salary waivers and on the other hand buying a player for £50-60m, we have to explain.”
Werner did end up moving to the Premier League that summer, but instead of moving to Merseyside he ended up in West London with Chelsea.
Many Liverpool fans were disappointed when the club missed out on Werner, but his performances in the Premier League for both Tottenham and Chelsea suggest the Reds dodged a bullet by not signing him. Werner has averaged around a goal every five games across his time at both London clubs.
