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Chelsea swoop for Timo Werner as the RB Leipzig striker agrees a stunning £53m move to Stamford Bridge on a five-year deal worth £9m a SEASON after his first choice Liverpool cool interest and refuse to pay his exit fee

Daily Mail | June 5, 2020

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Timo Werner has agreed in principle to join Chelsea in a stunning deal worth £53million move on wages of £180,000-a-week.

The Blues have capitalised on Liverpool going cold on the striker after an unwillingness on Merseyside to pay the RB Leipzig striker's full release clause.

Sportsmail understands that Werner has accepted the deal on the table offered by the Stamford Bridge club worth around £180,000-a-week (£9m-a-year).

Timo Werner has agreed a deal to join Chelsea from RB Leipzig this summer in a huge move
The German international has a release clause of u00a353million, which the Blues will trigger

Werner has a £53m release clause but the Reds have been put off given the financial uncertainty caused by the coronavirus crisis.

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