Tuchel spent big on Lukaku in his first summer in charge. That made Werner's chances of regular action even harder and a year later he returned to Leipzig.

Werner says the arrival of Lukaku undoubtedly had a role in his performances. He added: "The biggest problem was he put a striker like Lukaku in front of me in the second season after I won the Champions League by nearly playing every game in the first squad.

"That was the toughest moment for me to get a player, a very good player, in front of me for €120million. Romelu was a big striker and had to play after costing so much and I didn’t feel honoured enough. Maybe that was also a reason why I had ups and downs."

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