Timo Werner has been praised for his ‘courageous’ decision to join Tottenham on loan until the end of the season, despite his previous struggles in England.
SportBILD journalist Robert Schreier covers the striker today after his move to Tottenham was finalised and announced yesterday.
Werner has joined Tottenham on loan until the end of the season, electing to leave Leipzig temporarily after falling down the pecking order this season.
His return to the German club has not worked out as he had hoped, having made the move back from Chelsea in August 2022 after something of a miserable two-year spell at Stamford Bridge.
He’s now hoping to bounce back at Tottenham under Ange Postecoglou and get back into the goalscoring rhythm so that he can convince Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann ahead of Euro 2024 in Germany this summer.
The move is one that certainly caught many by surprise given his previous experience in the Premier League, but Schreier believes that he should be praised for making the decision and has even backed him to flourish back in London.
“The decision is courageous!” he wrote in SportBILD.
“For his European Championship opportunity, Timo Werner leaves RB Leipzig and thus also his comfort zone. At Tottenham, he risks his career completely collapsing. But Werner will not fail!
“At Tottenham, he immediately gets stakes and confidence. Spurs have a shortage of personnel on the offensive – Son is at the Asian Cup. That’s why coach Ange Postecoglou really wanted Werner. This gives a boost. Also, that he is directly the number 1 in the attack – not in the shadow of Nkunku or Openda, as in Leipzig.
“And Werner knows: National coach Nagelsmann keeps the door open for him for the European Championship squad if playing time and performance are right.
“In the Leipzig training camp, the striker showed himself strong: motivated, accurate and liberated. Werner is coming to Tottenham in top form.”
