Striker Timo Werner turned down a move to Manchester United in favour of a return to RB Leipzig.
That’s according to SportBILD journalist Christian Falk, who says Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag ‘could imagine’ working with the German forward.
Werner completed a return to his former club this week, bringing an end to a disappointing two-year spell at Stamford Bridge.
He joined Chelsea in a £47.7m deal from Leipzig in July 2020 after impressing with Leipzig in the Bundesliga, scoring 90 goals and registering 40 assists in 156 games.
He came nowhere close to replicating that with Chelsea despite being a regular for them, managing just 14 goals and 11 assists in 103 games for the club.
It is those numbers which have seen him return to Germany with Leipzig, with him returning in an £18m deal yesterday.
Before that was finalised he had been linked with a possible move to Manchester United and Falk says that was an option.
He reports that it is true that Manchester United ‘negotiated’ with Werner but the striker ‘decided for’ the transfer to Leipzig instead.
That was despite Erik ten Hag being keen on the move as he ‘could imagine’ working with Werner at Old Trafford.
The move didn’t happen, though, as Werner had other plans for his career, joining the growing list of players to choose a different destination to Manchester this summer.
TRUE✅ @ManUtd negotiated with Timo Werner, before Werner decided for the Transfer to @RBLeipzig Erik ten Hag could Imagine to work with Werner @BILD_Sport #EnglischeWoche pic.twitter.com/Tq9IxIHQTB
— Christian Falk (@cfbayern) August 10, 2022
