Timo Werner really went through the wringer at Chelsea, there's no denying that.
He had the highest highs of scoring on the way to a Champions League win, but also picked up a reputation for some truly terrible misses. It was clear he spent a lot of his time at the club in a crisis of confidence.
So we were interested to hear what advice he would give anyone making a similar move. He's back at RB Leipzig now, playing alongside Christopher Nkunku, who will make the move to Stamford Bridge this summer. What did Werner have to say to him? It's all in the quotes here, as picked up by SportWitness:
“Everyone has to have their own experience,” Werner explained.
“I had a very good first year, the second was so-so. I can tell him from positive and negative experiences, should he change. At a club like that, you don't play like you did at RB Leipzig, because there's even more competition – not only on a sporting level, but also on another level, in the mental area.
“You have to cope with that, and everyone has to find their own way. That's why it's the wrong approach to give others tips. Time has changed me a lot.”
So he's not warning him off, but he's also certainly not saying “go for it, it will be easy.”
As Werner knows well, it rarely is. Nkunku wouldn't have to do much to get a reputation better than Werner's in terms of finishing, but he would have to do very well to match his trophy haul in two years.