Germany striker Timo Werner has opened up on his dreams of playing for Manchester United.

The RB Leipzig striker has emerged as one of Europe’s hottest properties over the last 18 months, having shone for RBL since joining the German upstarts from Stuttgart.

Werner, 21, scored 21 times in the Bundesliga last season, before top-scoring for Die Mannschaft during their Confederations Cup success in the summer.

He has bagged another six times thus far this season and is being widely tipped to lead the line for Jogi Low’s world champions at next year’s World Cup.

Now Werner says he is keen on moving to the Premier League. Asked if a move to the Premier League would interest him, he said: "Yes, for sure.

The lightning quick striker knows where the net is (
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Werner took the Golden Boot at the Confederations Cup (
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"I would say the Italian or the French league is not my thing. I don't see me there right now.

"I would feel good to play in one of the other great leagues, not only because of the football, but the cities as well.

"Of course, you want to win titles and trophies. I do not know if that will happen with RB Leipzig. We definitely work hard on that and I think, this season, the chances are good in the cup and the league.

"But that means a lot of hard work and if we can reach that with Leipzig it would be great. If it happens at some time with another club, that's ok for me, too.”

Werner in action on Saturday against his old club, Stuttgart (
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Werner is now a big part of Low's plans (
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The striker also revealed that it was United whom he wanted to play for as a youngster.

"As a small boy, you always dream of the huge clubs,” he told Sky Sports. "In earlier days, it was Manchester United.

Werner remembers wanting to play for Ferguson's United sides (
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"Under Sir Alex Ferguson, they always had great players, they always won. As a small boy, you always prefer the teams which are winning.

"That's something you can easily forget, especially when everything is going well. You see how you develop, that you play in the German national team - the number one, the world champion.

"Then you start to dream of perhaps playing somewhere else sometime."

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