Dimitar Berbatov tells Timo Werner to reject Liverpool for Bayern Munich

Timo Werner has been urged to sign for Bayern Munich over Liverpool (Picture: Getty)

Dimitar Berbatov has urged Germany striker Timo Werner to join Bayern Munich over Premier League champions-elect Liverpool.

Werner has scored 88 goals in 150 appearances for RB Leipzig, establishing himself as one of the top forwards in Europe since signing from Stuttgart in 2016.

Liverpool and Bayern Munich have both expressed interest in signing Werner, who has a £60m buy-out clause written into his current contract.

And former Manchester United and Tottenham star Berbatov believes it would be ‘sensible’ for Werner to stay in Germany and sign for Bayern.

He told Betfair: ‘There have been reports about Bayern Munich’s interest in Timo Werner, and having played in the Bundesliga, Munich are up their with the biggest names like Real Madrid, Manchester United, Barcelona, Manchester City, Juventus and so on.

‘Every season they are up there in the Champions League and they have been dominant in Germany.

‘To be honest, it looks like a sensible move for Werner, he knows the league, they know him there, he can get used to his surroundings a lot easier.

‘The only thing for me that I may question is if he goes there he will have a lot of competition to face in Robert Lewandowski, Serge Gnabre, Kingsley Coman and potentially Leroy Sane, who they are also linked with, so there are a lot of similarities for one or two positions.

‘But, like I said, it makes more sense for him to go there than move to England where it will probably take him a bit more time to adjust to things.

‘When you are a player in that position and a few teams want you it feels good but it can make your head spin and you get sleepless nights because you want to make the right decision.