Tottenham to upset manager and player, with anticipated transfer likely to fall through.
Contrary to previous speculations, Tottenham will not exercise their option to buy Timo Werner, and the reason for this has been disclosed. Werner, 27, joined Tottenham on a six-month loan in January. The Germany international had fallen out of favour at his parent club, RB Leipzig, and manager Marco Rose was glad to let him go. Tottenham agreed to pay Werner’s full wage during his loan. The teams also secured a buy option worth approximately £15.5 million. Werner joined while captain Son Heung-min was away on international duty for South Korea at the Asian Cup. As a result, the new signing was immediately inserted into Ange Postecoglou’s starting lineup, earning five consecutive starts to kick off his Spurs career. Werner claimed in a recent interview with Sky Germany that regular gaming time in north London has significantly helped his mood. “The fun has completely returned,” Werner explained. “I have changed a lot as a person, and I am much happy. “After five games, you can conclude that the transfer was worthwhile. However, the season is still long. I aim to improve on my first performances. “But it was worth it for the five games just to play our football in our stadium.” Aside from Werner, Leipzig manager Rose is pleased with the loan term so far. Indeed, Rose recently appeared to approve of Werner’s permanent move to Tottenham at the end of the season. Furthermore, German newspaper BILD recently reported that Tottenham is ‘likely’ to exercise the modest option in Werner’s loan. Spurs sour on Werner; new plan revealed. However, Son’s return to action forced Werner to sit out the league game against Wolves. With the German failing to open his account so far and his characteristic bad finishing raising its ugly head once more, Spurs are now claiming they will not exercise their option. Dean Jones, a transfer insider, told GiveMeSport: “They (Spurs) are clearly in the market for a winger, more than they are for a striker right now. “I’ve been told that they’ll be pleased for Richarlison and Heung-min Son to continue competing for that center role, and then they’ll look for nice variants around them....
