Timo Werner: Pundit discusses potential transfer options
Liverpool target Timo Werner is "already a Liverpool player in his head", according to transfer expert Ian McGarry. RB Leipzig striker Werner has long been linked with a move to Anfield. The 24-year-old has a release clause just shy of £50million which expires on June 15.
And McGarry went on to say how Werner already sees himself as a Reds player and said the situation was similar to that of Eden Hazard before his move to Real Madrid from Chelsea.
He said: "There's a phrase isn't there, a common phrase in professional football, where players, not just the one who's moving, but his team-mates who obviously are a party to that confidential conversation in the dressing room, where they ask the questions 'Are you staying or are you going? And if so where are you going?' and the phrase is 'he's already a Liverpool player in his head', i.e. he seems himself in that shirt.
"It was something that was said to me by a member of Eden Hazard's family the year before he transferred to Real Madrid when he had a verbal agreement with Chelsea that he would be allowed to leave for a reasonable fee at the end of that season, and the phrase was 'he already sees himself in that famous white shirt'.
Liverpool transfer news: Timo Werner already sees himself as a Reds player (Image: GETTY)
"My information is that's the case with Werner and Liverpool."
McGarry says Werner has agreed a five-year deal with Liverpool but now it is down to the two clubs to come together on a fee.
"Werner has agreed personal terms with Liverpool,” McGarry said.
"It's a five-year contract that will pay the player around £140,000-a-week.
“We also understand that [Jurgen] Klopp has spoken to the player via Facetime or Zoom calls on at least three occasions in the last two-and-a-half months.
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“To reassure him that he is very much still wanted by the club and he must sit tight and wait for them to agree the fee with his club.”
Meanwhile, former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson expects Werner to become a Liverpool player in the next window.
Robinson told Football Insider: "There has been talk of Liverpool and Werner for too long now. I can see that happening and that deal going through.
“If the buying club wants it to happen and the player wants to leave, there is often very little that the selling club can do other than try and force their price.
“The talk of this deal has gone on for so long – a lot of noise. I can genuinely see this coming to fruition this summer.”