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Daniel Childs

Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech give Chelsea transfer red flag in £62m chase for summer duo

It would not be unfair to suggest both Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech have struggled to adapt to the Premier League.

Ziyech's creative importance to an exciting Ajax side under Erik ten Hag in the Eredivisie has been stifled by a more competitive and physically imposing league.

Werner's electric speed was perfect in the Bundesliga, where space was liberally shared due to a high pressing game has been suffocated, and the German's technical frailties have been exposed.

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