Chelsea have completed the signing of Timo Werner from RB Leipzig, as the Blues signed up the 24-year-old in a five year deal, he’s expected to join the Blues next month.
However, former Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo has revealed how he came close to signing Werner twice.
“When I was at Schalke he was at Stuttgart and he was just coming on to the scene,” Di Matteo said.
“During the second part of the season, before I left, I was planning with my sporting director. “I was saying I wanted to sign this guy, he’s good. He was young, quick, technically good. I said ‘can we not sign this boy Timo’.
“We didn’t in the end and then I resigned and so on. Then I went to Villa. Stuttgart, the season after, they got relegated, and so I enquired again to sign him, but then Leipzig signed him on.”
Di Matteo has now revealed that he’s a big fan of the 24-year-old and has backed him to perform for Chelsea.
“I’m a big fan of his and he’s developed really, really well as well,” added the former Chelsea midfielder.
“He’s a goal scorer, he scores goals, so he can guarantee a certain amount of goals for the team, which is very good, and he’s very pacey as well, he’s fast.”