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Jurgen Klopp will bid for 'the PERFECT Liverpool player'... and he WILL be sold - Fjortoft
JURGEN KLOPP will bid for RB Leipzig striker Timo Werner in the summer, according to former Premier League star Jan Aage Fjortoft.
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Werner, 22, has scored 11 goals in 17 games for RB Leipzig this season and has been capped 23 times by Germany.
He hast 18 months left on his contract and he has refused to put pen to paper on a new deal.
RB Leipzig want him to be stay but German newspaper Bild claim they will sell for £36million at the end of the season to avoid losing him for nothing.
Fjortoft, who coached the Norwegian national team after his playing days were over, thinks Jurgen Klopp will now make a move.
"Timo Werner, RB Leipzig, would be the perfect Liverpool player," he tweeted.
"Contract till 2020. They will probably sell him this summer.
"Klopp will for sure go for this one. Bayern and Dortmund too...of course."
Liverpool have a good relationship with RB Leipzig having bought Naby Keita from the German side last summer.
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Werner admitted earlier this season he was suffering from burnout due to the hectic fixture schedule.
That came after a dismal World Cup where the 22-year-old failed to score in Russia as Germany crashed out at the group stage.
However, he has impressed since and he would be a natural fit to provide back-up to Mo Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.