Overview
- The 29-year-old was again omitted from the matchday squad in Saturday’s 1–0 win at Mainz and has not featured since returning from his Tottenham loan.
- Sporting director Marcel Schäfer said on Sport1 that Werner remains professional and in close contact, adding that selection currently favors others.
- Schäfer revealed the club advised him in the summer to seek a move for regular minutes, yet Werner chose to stay under contract.
- Head coach Ole Werner explained that players without preseason action left fewer impressions, indicating places can be earned through performance.
- Local reporting places him behind Romulo, Conrad Harder and Tidiam Gomis in the attacking pecking order, as pundit Stefan Effenberg warns the situation could wear him down.