Tottenham ship Timo Werner back to RB Leipzig
Tottenham Hotspur have officially returned Timo Werner back to his Bundesliga club. The 2024/25 Europa League champions maintained no interest in retaining the RB Leipzig professional's services next season. Where the 57-times-caped German international will head next remains unclear.
Leipzig themselves have no plans to retain the Stuttgart native. Werner's steady decline leaves him with an estimated market worth of just €7m. The one-time €53m Chelsea purchase wasn't even included in Tottenham's Europa League squad after the turn-of-the calendar year and managed only 178 Premier League minutes in 2025
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At the end of the first half of the season, Spurs coach Ange Postecoglou specifically called out Werner for 'not playing anywhere near the level he is capable of' after a 1-1 draw with Glasgow Rangers in the Europa League. Postecoglou labelled Werner's performance 'unacceptable'.
Werner last secured a double digit goal total during the 2019/20 season with Leipzig; the year before he transferred to Chelsea. Werner scored 28 goals for Julian Nagelsmann's RB that season.
Werner last featured for the German national team in 2023.
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