The German, who joined the Blues as one of the most prolific marksmen in Europe, is facing his longest goal drought in over four years.
Timo Werner would be able to best use his ‘unbelievable qualities’ as a wide attacker, according to Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola.
Chelsea splashed close to €55 million to add Werner, who scored 34 goals and registered 13 assists in total in his final season at RB Leipzig in 2019-20, to their ranks in the previous transfer window.
The 24-year-old attacker had a promising start to his new life in the Premier League but appears to have lost his scoring touch of late.
He has failed to find the back of the net in each of his previous 12 games with his last strike coming in the 4-1 win against Sheffield United back in November.
“I think Werner has got very good qualities, unbelievable qualities, but in my opinion, he plays best when he’s got a lot of pitch in front of him, when he has to attack the space,” Zola told talkSPORT.
“The problem with Chelsea is that there many times you play a team that is defending deep; that is a different matter and in that case players with the ability of Olivier Giroud or Tammy Abraham, they can do better in that contest.
“So if you want to play Werner, maybe it’s right to play him in the wide areas. Also I think it’s down to Timo to work and also be effective when the spaces in front of him are less and work as a team.”
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