Chelsea set to sign Germany forward Werner - Sky Sports
ByReuters
Published 04/06/2020 at 18:41 GMT
LONDON, June 4 (Reuters) - Chelsea have agreed a deal in principle to sign Germany striker Timo Werner from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, Sky Sports said on Thursday.
The report added that Werner has a 55 million euro ($62.45 million) release clause which expires on June 15 and that Premier League club Chelsea had offered the 24-year-old a contract worth 200,000 pounds per week.
Werner is second-top scorer in the Bundesliga this season with 25 goals, four behind Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski. He has made 29 appearances for Germany, scoring 11 times.
($1 = 0.8807 euros) (Reporting by Richard Martin; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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