‘He’s been important’ – Postecoglou asked whether Spurs will buy Timo Werner
Ange Postecoglou has said that he has been pleased with Timo Werner’s contribution since arriving at Tottenham but insisted that now is not the time...
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Ange Postecoglou has said that he has been pleased with Timo Werner’s contribution since arriving at Tottenham but insisted that now is not the time to discuss if the club would be activating the option to buy the forward.
Werner appears to be getting better and better with each passing game, with the pacy forward becoming increasingly comfortable with Tottenham’s system and developing a better understanding with his teammates.
The 28-year-old has four goal contributions to his name so far, including two goals in his last two appearances, while his work-rate off the ball has also quickly made him quite popular with his teammates.
Dean Jones wrote in his column on Sports Lens last week that the staff at Hotspur Way have been impressed with the way the German has conducted himself on and off the pitch.
Jones added that his sources around Spurs have informed him that the club are planning to activate the £15m option to buy the forward permanently at the end of the season.
Will Tottenham sign Timo Werner permanently?
When Postecoglou was asked whether Tottenham have made a decision on Werner’s future, he told Football.London: “I don’t think it’s the time for those kind of decisions and I don’t think it would be fair on Timo for me to [discuss it].
“Whenever I’ve signed a player on loan I say to them at the outset that I will treat them like I do everyone else, like they’ll be here for the long term.
“Then if it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen because even the ones you hope are here for the long term sometimes aren’t. Timo has come in and really contributed to us from the first day. He’s had to.
“It’s been important for us, as I said when we signed him, because we were really short in that front third, when Sonny was away and then we lost Richy.
“If we didn’t sign Timo at that time, we would have had some real gaps. Then the burden on guys like Brennan and Kulusevski would have been even greater.
“I think all of the guys in the front half have handled it really well. Timo has done well, but the time for those kind of discussions is down the line for us, for me.”
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Ange would obviously not want to divulge anything about Tottenham’s plans on Werner, partly because he would want the forward to remain hungry rather than rest on his laurels.
However, even if the 28-year-old does not score a single goal from now until the end of the season, I fully expect the club to activate the option to buy.
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