RB Leipzig striker Timo Werner rejected a move to Manchester City before he agreed to join Premier League rivals Chelsea.
The 24-year-old decided to agree a move to Stamford Bridge after Frank Lampard convinced him he would play an important role at Chelsea. The transfer is reported to cost the Blues around £53million as they beat City, Liverpool and Inter Milan for the German.
Jurgen Klopp's side were favourites to sign Werner before Chelsea swooped in, but Manchester City also tasted rejection from the striker as he sets up for a move to London, according to Sport Bild.
City boss Pep Guardiola remains hopeful that he can make some new additions to his squad this summer, as the Premier League club remain in the race to sign Jadon Sancho.
With Leroy Sane's future up in the air - with heavy links to Bayern Munich - Guardiola will likely continue to pursue attacking players, after their approach for Werner was rejected.
Sportsmail understands that Werner has accepted the deal on the table offered by the Stamford Bridge club worth around £180,000-a-week (£9m-a-year).
Chelsea matched the striker's release clause of £53million after Liverpool were reluctant to, given the financial uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus crisis.
According to the Telegraph, Lampard and Chelsea's sporting director Petr Cech made an 'undercover' trip to Germany to help the Blues pip their Premier League rivals for the star striker taking Bundesliga by storm.
Werner has scored an impressive 25 goals from 29 matches in the German topflight this season.