He Chelsea by Roman Abramovich already smiles with the signing of Timo Werner, which came from RB Leipzig in exchange for 53 million euros. Today, the 24-year-old German striker donned the ‘blue’ shirt for the first time to face the friendly against Brighton, and it took only 4 minutes to score his first goal with the Chelsea.
Timo Werner, who appeared in Frank Lampard's starting eleven alongside Hakim Ziyech, who also debuted, achieved the target by taking advantage of an assist from Hudson-Odoi that served him the ball wonderfully so that the Stuttgart player only had to push the ball. He scorer nose the German gunner is already being noticed for the benefit of those of Stamford Bridge. Also, he did it in front of 2,500 viewers, since the entrance of fans was allowed under strict sanitary measures.
The negative note for the ‘blue’ side was that the Moroccan, signed from Ajax this summer, could not finish the game unfortunately. In the second half he sprained his ankle in an action on the wing and had to be substituted. Ziyech will undergo tests to see the extent of the injury, which did not appear to be too serious.
[+] The best actions of the new Chelsea signing in his debut:
Without any doubt, it will not be strange to see more celebrations of the goals of Timo Werner, who arrived as star signing for the attack of Chelsea without underestimating the talent of Ziyech, who will light the eyes of the fans with his football. It remains to be seen if, finally, the London outfit makes an effort and signs Kai havertz.