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RB Leipzig chief executive Oliver Mintzlaff says he is "deeply relaxed" about Timo Werner's situation at the club amid ongoing rumours linking him with Liverpool.

Germany international forward Werner, 24, is widely expected to leave the Bundesliga side in the summer, with the Reds said to be leading the the chase for a player who would add to their already formidable attacking options.

Bayern Munich are also credited with an interest in Werner, but Mintzlaff isn't losing any sleep over his future.

"I’m deeply relaxed about Werner," Mintzlaff told Sky Germany.

"He hasn’t signalled yet that he wants to leave at the end of the season and he doesn’t have to.

"He has a contract until 2023."

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Meanwhile, ex-Liverpool and Germany midfielder Dietmar Hamann has questioned whether Liverpool should move for Werner at all, claiming that he wouldn't improve the Reds in their current guise.

"I don’t think he’s a player for [Bayern] Munich or Liverpool the way they play at the moment," Hamann told The Athletic.

"I read quotes from journalists or people close to the club in Liverpool when he always said Liverpool is a great club, Klopp is the greatest trainer, that he was a bit too forward in showing interest in going to Liverpool.

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"Where’s he going to play? Even if [Sadio] Mane or [Mohamed] Salah go, out wide is not his position and the centre-forward position, the way they do play, is probably the most crucial one.

"[Roberto] Firmino is probably a bit underrated in some people’s eyes. He’s a ball-playing centre-forward, he probably doesn’t get the goals that other players get.

"But he brings other players into position and that’s certainly not Werner’s game, so [it’s] a no from me."