Timo Werner can fill the gap left by Son at Tottenham and remind Germany of his talent

Timo Werner's move back to the Premier League on loan with Tottenham Hotspur offers a road to redemption with the once vaunted striker's career at a crossroads.

Werner, 27, signed from RB Leipzig until the end of the season on Monday. The six-month deal includes an option to make the transfer permanent in the summer.

Much of that will depend on how well Werner adapts to life back in England. His last spell, at Chelsea, included a Champions League winner's medal, but few at Stamford Bridge would consider Werner's two-year stay from 2020 to 2022 a roaring success.

Tottenham will hope the Werner they signed mirrors the one that terrorised them over two legs in the 2019/20 Champions League. The dynamic forward scored the only goal in the away leg and tormented Serge Aurier so much at Leipzig's Red Bull Arena that Jose Mourinho replaced him with an untested 17-year-old Malachi Fagan-Walcott.

“I’m very happy to be here – I think I joined a very, very big club,” Werner told Tottenham’s website. "I spoke with the [Spurs] manager [Ange Postecoglou] and it was a really good talk.

"He gave me straight away the feeling what I need to join a club and what I want to feel when you talk to a manager.

"Also, that tactics and style, how he wants to play. For me, I thought straight away that it fits perfectly. I hope I can be the best player I can be here.”

The move suits both parties. Spurs are shorn of the services of their premier wide forward Son Heung-min on Asian Cup duty for the next month and is able to play anywhere across the front line; Werner desperately needs game time if he is to force his way back into Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann's plans for Euro 2024 in Germany.

Werner has 57 Germany caps but last played for his country