'It was not fair': Werner details Tuchel’s major mistake which led to his Chelsea problems

Speaking to The Sun about what led to his Chelsea career going down after the Champions League win, Timo Werner said: “The biggest problem was he [Tuchel] put a striker like Lukaku in front of me in the second season after I won the Champions League by nearly playing every game in the first squad.

“That was the toughest moment for me to get a player, a very good player, in front of me for 120 million euros. Romelu was a big striker and had to play after costing so much and I didn’t feel honoured enough. Maybe that was also a reason why I had ups and downs.

“When you come from the kind of success I had in Germany or with Chelsea — playing nearly every game in the first season, winning the Champions League in 2021, scoring in the semi-final against Real Madrid, making a lot of goals.

“Then all this gets a little bit forgotten by the manager, it was not really fair. That was also a reason I had to move back to Leipzig, to get the enjoyment again. I didn’t feel that any more but you need it to be successful. Maybe yes, in the end I just wanted out.”

Werner was sold by Chelsea to RB Leipzig last summer and has had a decent campaign with them so far, scoring 11 goals and providing 4 assists in 23 games.