TIMO WERNER has achieved a fairy tale ending in Germany after becoming RB Leipzig’s ALL-TIME top goal scorer with a double against Augsburg.
The 24-year-old played his final Bundesliga game before sealing a £53million move to Chelsea this summer.
And Werner signed off his Leipzig career in style after opening the scoring against Augsburg to notch his 94th competitive goal for the club.
The German took less than 30 minutes to make history after he sprung the offside trap to round keeper Tomas Koubek and overtake Daniel Frahn’s record.
But Augsburg had threatened to spoil Werner’s storybook ending after Ruben Vargas fired home a second-half equaliser.
Leipzig had needed to match Borussia Mochengladbach’s 2-1 result to secure a top-three finish with just one point separating the two teams.
And with ten minutes to go, Werner was almost denied the chance to be the hero for the final time as he smashed a second past Koubek.
The former Stuttgart ace was flagged for offside but VAR awarded the goal and stretched his tally to 28 league goals for the season.
Although Werner ultimately finished behind Robert Lewandowski in the scoring charts, his efforts had done enough to seal third spot for Leipzig.
After his move to Stamford Bridge was announced, the German International forfeited the chance to play for Julian Nagelsmann’s side in the Champions League in August.
have already progressed to the quarter-finals after sweeping aside Spurs 4-0 on aggregate back in February.
But Werner’s new side Chelsea face an uphill task after losing 3-0 to Bayern Munich in the first leg of their tie at Stamford Bridge.
And the striker would be unable to feature in the second leg for the Blues against the Bundesliga champions despite his switch to the Prem next month.
Werner’s agent recently hit back at claims his client is letting down his Leipzig teammates by leaving before the Champions League concludes.
Karlheinz Forster told Sport1: “What annoys me is that Timo is now put in a corner and portrayed as a bad sportsman, who lets his teammates down. I have to disagree with that quite clearly.
“It would have been anything but a good start for Timo at his new club if he had returned to Leipzig after his holidays to prepare for the restart of the Champions League.
“All involved parties – and not just Timo – decided that he will move to Chelsea on 1 July and not in mid or late August.”
Timo Werner has become RB Leipzig’s all-time top goalscorerCredit: Reuters
The German striker netted twice against Augsburg in his final Bundesliga game before his Chelsea switchCredit: Reuters
Chelsea complete Timo Werner signing and make him top earner on £170k-a-week deal with striker to join in July
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