Former Chelsea striker Tony Cascarino insists Timo Werner isn't a centre-forward.

Cascarino feels Werner needs a partner to play off to get back to his best.

He told talkSPORT: "It's a tricky one, because I've seen a lot of Werner and when he was at Leipzig he played alongside Poulsen who is a big centre-forward, and he played off the left of him and thrived.

“It's a bit like Michael Owen; Michael Owen without Emile Heskey was never going to be the same player.

“Michael was blisteringly quick but had not the greatest of touches, but he always fired goals when he had a big lad beside him to take the pressure off him.

“Werner is exactly the same to me; he is blisteringly quick, his touch is not exceptional, he's technically not bad but not great… he can't play centre-forward on his own.

“He just can't, because he can't lead a line or bring players into play. He has to play off the left side of someone."