Tottenham decide Timo Werner future after two seasons on loan | OneFootball

Tottenham Hotspur are not expected to keep Timo Werner into a third season following a poor 2024/25 campaign that is yet to yield a single Premier League goal.

Werner, having previously been labelled a flop during a disappointing spell at Chelsea, initially joined Spurs on loan midway through last season. That short-term deal was then extended into a full season-long loan in the summer ahead of this campaign.

But the Germany international, who rose to prominence by averaging just shy of 24 goals per season over four years at RB Leipzig, has failed to thrive in a struggling Spurs side.

Werner has started just four Premier League games this season and has played only eight minutes of football since suffering a hamstring injury in January.

Spurs hold a low-priced option to make Werner a permanent recruit, but Sky Sport Germany's Florian Plettenberg has revealed that the club are not intending to pay the €12m (£10m).

Werner hasn't erased memories of an underwhelming Chelsea stint / Marc Atkins/GettyImages

That means Werner, now 29, will return to Leipzig at the end of the season.

The options ahead are that he could stay at Leipzig or move on. The former route is expected to depend on who is in charge next season. Poor form since the end of October – it's just five wins from the last 18 league games – could bring a change from current boss Marco Rose.

According to Plettenberg, Werner is "not inclined" to move within the Bundesliga. But there are "concrete inquiries" from un-named Premier League clubs and those in Major League Soccer.

Another English side taking on the forward would be a sizeable gamble after he has now failed to make the desired impact at two different clubs. Werner's total league goal output since he plundered 28 for Leipzig in the Bundesliga in 2019/20 is just 23.