Chelsea flop Timo Werner on verge of sensational loan transfer to Spurs in blow to Man Utd’s hopes of January swoop

TOTTENHAM are on the verge of signing Timo Werner on loan from RB Leipzig, according to reports.

Sky Sports Germany’s Florian Plettenburg reports that a deal is nearly done to bring the German forward to North London on a six month.

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The deal also contains an option to buy, although the amount that’s for is currently unspecified.

The forward will leave Leipzig’s training camp imminently as he looks to seal the deal.

Werner spent two unsuccessful years as Chelsea’s frontman between 2020 and 2022.

The Blues were convinced to part with £47million to sign the German forward after he hit 28 goals in 34 games in the 2019-20 season.

But after registering 23 goals and 21 assists in his 89 appearances for Chelsea he was deemed surplus to requirements and sold back to Leipzig in the summer of 2022.

Werner enjoyed a middling first season back at the club where he once shone, scoring nine and registering four assists in his 29 Bundesliga appearances.

But this season he has fallen down the Leipzig pecking order behind Lois Openda and Yussuf Poulsen.

That meant Leipzig were keen to get the player off their wage bill in January and Spurs have swooped in to do a deal.

Werner has attracted interest from several Premier League teams this window – including Manchester United, Aston Villa and West Ham.