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Werner will not play in the rescheduled Champions League matches for RB
Leipzig this August ahead of his expected move to Chelsea.
Lisbon is set to host the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the
Champions League between August 12-23, with the Bundesliga side still
involved in the competition following a 4-0 aggregate win over Tottenham
before football went into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Germany international Werner is set to leave Leipzig and join Chelsea this
summer, with a deal in principle already agreed.
Sky in Germany expects Werner to officially become a Chelsea player in the
middle of July before taking three or four weeks off ahead of the 2020-21
season.
Werner - who has scored 25 Bundesliga goals so far this campaign - had also
interested Liverpool and Manchester United.
The UEFA Executive Committee will hold a meeting on Wednesday, when they are
expected to approve a condensed new Champions League tournament played
across 12 days.
Chelsea trail Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich 3-0 from the first leg of
their last-16 meeting ahead of the return fixture, with a decision over how
the four outstanding matches should be completed yet to be decided.
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