Chelsea hero Hasselbaink quickly won over by Werner | OneFootball

Chelsea hero Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has quickly been won over by Timo Werner.

Hasselbaink - who scored 87 goals in 177 appearances for the Stamford Bridge side - believes the 24-year-old is a 'top striker' and insists he must be played centrally at both club and international level.

"He is the real deal," Hasselbaink said.

"He is very sharp, he turns the centre-back quickly, and there is only one thing in his mind. He is not somebody who likes to play with back to goal, he likes to see it and make the run on the shoulder of the centre-backs.

"I like him when he plays through the middle, he does drift to the left, and then comes back to the middle, he is a top striker.

"His runs are limited if he plays on the left as he can only cut back in, he is more restricted and he likes to be free and make runs off the shoulder.

"I didn't like to play with my back to goal, I couldn't do it. For me what I have seen of him, he is the real deal, he doesn't care how they go in."