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“Makes me more confident”: These Liverpool fans are still confident of signing Werner despite talks breaking down

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It’s almost impossible to tell how accurate reports are in football these days, so most claims do seem to be taken with a pinch of salt.

The news broke that Liverpool were refusing to pay the release clause for Timo Werner and would only make a move to sign him if RB Leipzig reduced their asking price, so that appeared to put an end to this story:

The problem is that this could simply be a ploy to try and give them more leverage in negotiations, and examples from the past do suggest that this isn’t the end of their interest:

In fact it actually looks like this news has just further convinced a few Liverpool fans that Werner will be moving to Anfield this summer:

You do have to wonder if Liverpool actually need him as he’ll probably be a back up to Roberto Firmino if he does sign, so it will be interesting to see what happens next.