Rival followers have mocked Timo Werner after the ahead missed an enormous sitter for Tottenham.
Spurs suffered a drubbing by the hands of Fulham of their Premier League go to to west London on Saturday, dropping 3-0. They squandered a number of alternatives to get again into the sport, lacking large possibilities in entrance of purpose.
And none had been extra responsible of that than Werner, previously of Chelsea, who was signed by Tottenham on mortgage from RB Leipzig in January. The German ahead was introduced on within the 66th minute instead of Pape Matar Sarr.
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It took simply minutes for him to be introduced with a golden alternative to get on the scoresheet, being discovered with a sq. ball throughout the six-yard field. But with simply an open purpose in entrance of him, Werner blazed his effort vast.
And for Chelsea followers watching on, the missed sitter was a reminder of his time with the Blues, who he joined in 2020 however left after simply two lacklustre seasons.
One fan wrote on X: “That’s the Timo Werner we all know,” whereas one other Blues supporter tweeted: “Got flashbacks from Werner at Chelsea watching this.”
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A 3rd added: “Werner never fails to outdo himself does he,” whereas a fourth identified: “Most of them are harder to miss than actually scoring.”
Another mockingly stated: “Thought it was Chelsea curse but no, Timo Werner is s***e,” and a sixth tweeted: “Timo Werner, I missed you.”
Others chimed in with: “Simms and Werner competing for the miss of the season on the identical day. Scenes!!” and: “Timo Werner misses an open goal from 2 yards out and literally no-one is surprised. Iconic player.”
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Tottenham have the choice to make their mortgage signing of Werner everlasting for round £15m ought to they need to take action in the summertime. The ahead has registered two targets and two assists in seven video games for the north Londoners this season.
But his supervisor Ange Postecoglou stays tight-lipped over his future, saying forward of Saturday’s recreation: “I don’t think it’s the time for those kind of decisions and I don’t think it would be fair on Timo for me to [discuss it].
“Whenever I’ve signed a participant on mortgage I say to them on the outset that I’ll deal with them like I do everybody else, like they’ll be right here for the long run. Then if it doesn’t occur, it doesn’t occur as a result of even those you hope are right here for the long run generally aren’t.
”Timo has are available and actually contributed to us from the primary day. He’s needed to. It’s been vital for us, as I stated once we signed him, as a result of we had been actually quick in that entrance third.”