‘Tottenham still have a hand on it’ – Club director remains coy about potential transfer

RB Leipzig sporting director Rouven Schroder has revealed that he contacted Timo Werner after the German’s season-ending injury last week.

Werner came off with a hamstring problem in the first half of last Sunday’s North London Derby and it was subsequently confirmed that the injury will keep him out of the rest of the season.

It remains to be seen if Tottenham will activate the £15m option to buy the 28-year-old permanently. Spurs will have to make that decision quite early...