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Publish Date: Friday, January 25, 2019 6:53 am
RB Leipzig made one last attempt to keep German striker Timo Werner out of Liverpool's hands.
The 22-year-old is being sued by Reds boss Jurgen Klopp as well as Spanish giants Barcelona, Real Madrid and PSG, although news released on Thursday indicates Liverpool is trying to reach a deal as quickly as possible possible. avoid that the price of Werner increases.
The impressive striker enters the last 18 months of his contract at the Red Bull Arena and, while the Leipzig Managing Director, Oliver Mintzlaff, wishes that he embark on a new deal, the Negotiations have so far resulted in only very little progress.
However, the German newspaper Bild reports that Leipzig has proposed to double Werner's wages with a £ 5.2 million contract a year.
This agreement would include a £ 60 million premium release clause applicable to ten major European clubs.
The boss of Leipzig, Ralf Rangnick, previously stated that he thought that Werner could stay in Leipzig for the next two or three years, unless Bayern Munich, Bundesliga giant, offered an offer serious.
"If Bayern is serious then it will be difficult for us," Rangnick said. "But they often play with an attacker, so I see him staying with us for the next two or three years."
This statement does not seem to have bothered Klopp, however, Werner being the final piece of the puzzle of the Reds – an attacker who will compliment the likes of Mo Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.
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