Werner set to join Chelsea this summer with deal agreed in principle; Sky in Germany expect him to become Chelsea player in middle of July; Champions League set to resume in August in Lisbon
Tuesday 16 June 2020 16:07, UK
Timo Werner will not play in the rescheduled Champions League matches for RB Leipzig this August ahead of his expected move to Chelsea.
Lisbon is set to host the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the Champions League between August 12-23, with the Bundesliga side still involved in the competition following a 4-0 aggregate win over Tottenham before football went into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Germany international Werner is set to leave Leipzig and join Chelsea this summer, with a deal in principle already agreed.
Sky in Germany expects Werner to officially become a Chelsea player in the middle of July before taking three or four weeks off ahead of the 2020-21 season.
Werner - who has scored 25 Bundesliga goals so far this campaign - had also interested Liverpool and Manchester United.
The UEFA Executive Committee will hold a meeting on Wednesday, when they are expected to approve a condensed new Champions League tournament played across 12 days.
Chelsea trail Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich 3-0 from the first leg of their last-16 meeting ahead of the return fixture, with a decision over how the four outstanding matches should be completed yet to be decided.
Werner has agreed to join Chelsea but what happened to his much-touted move to Liverpool? Sky Sports News reporter Kaveh Solhekol explains why Jurgen Klopp's hopes of signing the German forward collapsed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Sky Sports will show 64 live Premier League games when the season resumes. In addition to the 39 matches already scheduled to be broadcast exclusively live on Sky Sports before the coronavirus interruption, 25 more matches will be available on both Sky Sports Premier League and Sky's free-to-air Pick channel, allowing the whole nation to be part of the return of live sport.
Free-to-watch highlights of every remaining Premier League game this season will be available from shortly after the full-time whistle on the Sky Sports website, Sky Sports App and Sky Sports Football YouTube channel.
