Werner is keen on a switch to the Premier League (Picture: Getty)

Liverpool are yet to open talks with RB Leipzig over the signing of Timo Werner, the German club have insisted.

Jurgen Klopp has identified the striker as one of his key targets and reportedly wants to meet with Werner to convince him to sign for the Reds ahead of the next transfer window.

The coronavirus pandemic makes it currently impossible for Klopp to sit down face-to-face with Werner, but RB Leipzig’s head of football Oliver Mintzlaff has denied there has been any request for a meeting.

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Mintzlaff insists neither Liverpool or Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has asked about Werner.



‘Neither Jurgen Klopp nor Karl-Heinz Rummenigge contacted me,’ he told General-Anzeiger.

‘We are happy that we were able to extend the contract with him until 2023.

‘He played a really strong first half of the season and was not the only reason why we won the autumn championship because of his 18 goals.

Klopp is keen to meet with Werner face-to-face (Picture: Getty)

‘We also believe that we are still a very good stage for Timo Werner on which he can develop as a German international.’

Werner reportedly has a £50million release clause in his contract and is thought to be keen on a switch to the Premier League.

Manchester United and Chelsea are also keeping tabs on Werner, with the Blues stepping up their efforts to sign the Germany international last week.

Werner has publicly stoked transfer speculation linking him with Liverpool by praising the Reds when asked about their interest in him.

‘There’s one of the best managers in the world with Jurgen Klopp, and he is also German,’ Werner said.

‘Many things suggest that I would maybe fit in [at Liverpool] very well with my playing style.

‘But I don’t think about that at the moment because we have so much to do with Leipzig.

‘I won’t rule out anything. We have the European Championship in the summer, I want to focus on that tournament.

‘About everything else I will think after the season.’

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