Former Tottenham scout David Webb admits they were keen on Timo Werner before he left RB Leipzig for Chelsea.
Webb, who worked in recruitment under Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, revealed that Tottenham were interested.
“Timo Werner was at Stuttgart when I saw him first," he told FourFourTwo. “He was quite small but he was intelligent, his movement was very, very sharp.
“Sometimes you would see him as a striker, sometimes he would move left, move right and he seemed to move in sync with the players around him.
“Technically, he was very good and can score goals so you can see straight away he had an abundance of potential so even though he was small.
“He is one I followed a lot. We tried to get him at Tottenham but we couldn't get him at the time.
“He has done the right thing in his development curve in terms of getting exposure in Schalke's first team and going to Red Bull Leipzig and scoring the number of goals he has done.
“He is definitely ready for that next step which is at Chelsea. He could either play up front on his own, he could play with one of the wide players close to a striker, in a two or in a three, he is so adaptable."