It has been one of the signings of this summer. Chelsea paid Leipzig 53 million for Timo Werner, one of the most desired forwards on the continent. But the operation could be ruined long before the summer, when in February Chelsea and Bayern met in the Champions League.
The English club fell disastrously in the first leg of the round of 16 at Stamford Bridge. A double from Gnabry and another from Lewandowski left the tie almost sentenced. Werner, who already knew about Chelsea's interest, watched it on television.
“That defeat did not exactly speak well about going to London. I would be lying if I said that it was not like that after what I saw. I must say it openly, because with Leipzig we had always played good games and very disputed with Bayern”, confesses Werner in Sport Bild.