Overview

• The clubs settled on a fee reported below €3 million, with potential bonus payments, to release Werner from his contract.
• Werner will sign a two-year deal through 2027 after being freed by Bremen in May when he declined to extend his agreement.
• Longtime assistants Patrick Kohlmann and Tom Cichon will join Werner’s backroom staff at Leipzig following the move.
• He succeeds interim coach Zsolt Löw, who took over after Marco Rose was dismissed in March.
• Leipzig is set to begin preseason training on July 14 under Werner’s leadership as it targets a return to European competition.