LONDON Chelsea is closing in on a deal to sign striker Timo Werner from RB Leipzig, British media reported on Thursday (Friday in Manila).

The 24-year-old had been thought to to be attracting interest from Premier League champions-elect Liverpool but it appears Chelsea have in fact met the German's reported release clause of some £53 million ($67 million).

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