Documents Reveal Man United Was Timo Werner’s First Option Not Chelsea

Under-performing Chelsea striker had initially wanted to join Manchester United before sealing a move to Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2020

Werner scored 12 goals in 52 appearances in all competitions last season, coming in for heavy criticism for his lack of cutting edge in front of goal.

The revelation was made by German newspaper Der Spiegel who revealed Chelsea wasn’t the German’s number one option.

Documents from 2019, which Spiegel have seen, show Werner wrote ‘to consultant Murat Lokurlu via WhatsApp that Man United was his “favourite”.

Werner also named ‘great alternatives’ including Chelsea and Liverpool, who he had also been linked with many times before.

The German striker had ‘already received a specific contract offer from’ Man United with the Red Devils willing to pay €15m a season to land Werner.

His representative Lokurlu simply replied (on WhatsApp) to senior figures at Man Utd:  “We’ll see…”

The documents showing the exchanges have come to light due to a ‘million dollar dispute’ between Werner’s two advisors, Lokurlu and Karlheinz Forster.

In the end, Werner signed for Chelsea with the report adding that Forster ‘tried to prevent Werner’s transfer to Manchester United’.

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