Liverpool transfer target Timo Werner has saved four careers.
Matt Law, writing in the Telegraph, has confirmed that Timo Werner won’t be moving to Liverpool and has agreed to join Chelsea.
The mood on social media hasn’t been good, but we’ve been here before when the club missed out on deals to bring in Nabil Fekir or Thomas Lemar.
When you take a forensic look into things, Jurgen Klopp is well stocked in forward areas and his decision not to bring in somebody who wants £200,000 a week could be seen as the best decision for the club.
There’s no doubt that the new financial landscape Liverpool are operating in had consequences for this deal.
With no match day revenue and the broadcasters demanding a rebate because of the COVID-19 pandemic, clubs aren’t as flush with cash as they were before.
Klopp will now have to turn to those already in the Liverpool squad – and the failing Werner deal could actually lead to four careers being revitalised on Anfield.
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One of the prime examples of this would be Divock Origi. Origi had no chance of playing semi-regular football if he was competing for a squad role with the German and would have been facing the exit door.
Now Origi can look forward to another season under Klopp, which is what he wanted ever since he signed that five-year deal at the start of this season.
But there are others who will benefit, too.
Takumi Minamino is the forgotten man of the Liverpool squad but he was signed as a forward and that’s where Klopp will probably use him.
Minamino’s former manager Jesse Marsch was quoted by Goal.com saying that the Japanese international can grow to be a Roberto Firmino-like player, and that will negate the need to sign Werner.
Xherdan Shaqiri and Harry Wilson could now play a role next season, too, especially if AFCON looks likely to go ahead – while Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott won’t be sent out on loan and will be around the first team squad.
Liverpool might have missed out on one signing, but that means they’ve got a whole lot more flexibility to use what they’ve already got.