Matchplug<\/a> understands they agreed to take the financial hit to let him leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWerner\u2019s first spell at Leipzig was a fruitful one as he scored 95 goals in just 159 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He would look to replicate that form on his return to the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now that Robert Lewandowski has left, he could become one of its top scorers as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hopefully, he can rediscover the goal-scoring touch that made him such an amazing player for the club when he first played for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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