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Or, on the other hand, players have decided to join Liverpool and it would be the best thing to happen to their career (Mohamed Salah).

The middle ground is when players leave Liverpool to go elsewhere and their career development stalls and their stock plummets (Philippe Coutinho).

Timo Werner, who fits into the first category, is a player who rejected Liverpool in favor of a move to Chelsea, and his fledgling career has never been the same since.



Cast your mind back to the summer of 2020 and Werner was one of the brightest prospects in the European game after smashing in 44 Bundesliga goals in the previous two seasons.

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Then 24, Werner had his pick of clubs across Europe, and had spoken to Jùrgen Klopp over a move to Liverpool that summer.

Werner didn't want to wait and opted to join Chelsea.

"When I decided to leave Leipzig, I talked to different clubs, of course," Werner said in a news conference at the time (via ESPN).

But for me I don't want to talk so much about other clubs because at the end I decided for Chelsea.

"There are some other clubs like Liverpool, they have a great team and maybe I could fit good in some other team.

Liverpool opted to sign Diogo Jota that same summer, and Liverpool can be much happier with how things worked out.
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