Out of the national team and only on the bench at RB Leipzig. Things could hardly be worse for Timo Werner (27). A situation that Max Eberl (49) also sees in front of the Bundesliga cracker on Sunday (5:30 p.m.) at Union Berlin.
“Timo is in a bit of a crisis, he hasn’t scored a goal for a relatively long time, everything is a little harder for him at the moment,” said the RB managing director on the program “Lage der Liga” on BILD-TV.
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The result: Leipzig’s record goalscorer (111 goals) is currently not without controversy. Eberl: “We have a competitive situation in our squad, we want to be successful. Accordingly, it is not an easy situation for Timo at the moment. But every player is supported by us. We want to get him back to the point where he might be able to score decisive goals for us again.”
Werner has now been waiting for a goal for 726 minutes. The striker lacks the self-confidence to do this. A reason that is also in Eberl’s mind: “It’s always so easy to say, we talk to him, we let him make deals. That’s a little deeper.”
Timo Werner is currently in crisis and has not scored for 726 minutes
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And further: “Timo Werner has a history that is not that easy either. If the whole Ballermann sings songs about you, then that’s not nice and we should take that into account. We can work with Timo there, we can help him and give him the feeling that you belong to us. You’re in. He has to integrate and then he will score his goals and perform again.”
Another problem: Werner’s high expectations of himself: “You have to scale back a bit and be successful with smaller steps,” says Eberl.
Eberl reveals it in the TV Ballermann song puts a strain on Timo Werner
Source: PICTURE 09/03/2023
He spoke with presenter Valentina Maceri and expert Alfred Draxler about…
… the transfer summer from RB Leipzig with a surplus of 88 million euros: “In fact, we have become a more or less normal Bundesliga club. We have to make a profit, that was the job we had to do. We did that.”
… the XXL upheaval after the star departures of Gvardiol (Mancherster City), Laimer (Bavaria), Nkunku (Chelsea) and Szoboszlai (Liverpool): “From my point of view, we had to cope with a very big task. We’ve cleverly solved it for ourselves, you’ll see that over the course of the season. We continued along the RB path for a bit. We brought in young players, talented players who have already proven something. We also gained a bit of experience and we hope and believe that we have a very good and coherent squad that hopefully can play a good role again this year.”
Eberl turns off his cell phone
… the transfer fee for Lois Openda: “I’m someone who usually deals with numbers very defensively. But because there were so many false reports circulating, I said back then that the transfer was under 40 million, which is the fixed sum. And if we are successful together with the player, then it can also increase a bit. It’s totally normal in the business these days, but the fact of the matter is that it cost under 40 million.”
… possible offers from Saudi Arabia: “I don’t think the Saudis will stop at the Bundesliga. There will also be players who could be interesting. You’re still open until September 20th. But I will no longer answer the phone so I don’t get in the middle of someone asking me about a player.”
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… on Champions League Los Manchester City: “The hat trick, all good things come in threes. You deservedly won the Champions League last season and had a great season. Back then, we had to experience first-hand how good this team is. The best teams in Europe are united in the Champions League. Still, I think we have two in the group in Red Star Belgrade and Young Boys where we should be able to win and progress.”
… the crisis in German football: “For me it’s a lot of politics that plays a role. Something is blocked if someone has a good idea. We just have to manage not only to talk and populist things out, but really to find a leadership, a hierarchy between DFB and DFL to create clear structures. Finding personalities and supporting them so that we can find a way. To say we train three against two, four against four is not enough for me. We have to get the DFB and DFL on the right track from the ground up, otherwise we’re going to face a bleak future.”
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… the causes of the DFB crisis: “I’m someone who prefers to look ahead. But I think that after winning the 2014 World Cup we have come to a standstill. We have a bit of prosperity, you feel good there, everything becomes a bit tougher, more sluggish. Countries like France and England, which are also doing well as a country, but they still have boys on the outskirts of Paris, in the working class towns of England, who want to achieve something. We don’t have enough people who want something – both in the executives and in the players. And that is an issue that we have to tackle in order to be successful again. Not only in football, but also in society.”
… abolished goals and tables in youth football: “We play to win. I think that’s the basic nature and we’re missing it. Not only in football, but also in society. Achievement should be rewarded and paid for. If someone makes an effort and wins, then he should also be promoted. The winner’s certificates that we used to receive weren’t there to make anyone worse, but to give someone who was good a testimony that it was good and it should stay that way.”
… National coach Hansi Flick: “He’s trying very, very hard when I look at it from the outside. Maybe sometimes too much, but now the time has come where you have to find a scaffold.”
2023-09-03 09:48:19
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