Why Timo Werner flopped at Chelsea

Former Arsenal football star Thierry Henry has shared his thought on why Werner flopped at Chelsea.

Warner, who joined the Blues from RB Leipzig in 2020 returned to his old club in the summer transfer window after struggling to impress at Stamford Bridge.

However, upon his return to Leipzig, Werner has already scored seven goals in 13 appearances this season, and Henry told CBS Sports: “I will call it confidence. You have players who don’t care if you put your arm around them. They will come, execute and leave.

“Then you have some players that need to feel the love. They need to feel maybe that they are going to play for 90 minutes. The best example is the second goal.

“First and foremost on the first control, Timo Werner would never have put that ball down at Chelsea, and then he would never have seen [Emil] Forsberg.”

“He would have rushed it trying to do something, overthinking it and overdoing it. I saw it before, he was calm before, and he is calm again.

“Maybe he would have shot [when he brought the ball down] because people said he can’t score at Chelsea – it gives you confidence when you score again. Then I see him pass it with his left foot at the right time.

”Sometimes you go to some places, they don’t show you that love, I’m not saying he didn’t have it, but if he didn’t feel it like he felt it at Leipzig, then you aren’t going to be at your best, and you won’t take the right decision.”