Chelsea have made a huge impact by signing the German forward from RB Leipzig, a young man who worked hard alongside his father for a chance
Timo Werner has always been a young man in a rush.
He was the fastest player in Bundesliga history to reach 50, 100, 150 and 200 games before choosing to move on from RB Leipzig, for whom he is the all-time top goalscorer with 95.
He has joined Chelsea for a £47.5 million ($59m) fee and has a reputation as one of the world's coming forces in the striking position.
Turbo Timo', as he has been dubbed since bursting onto the German scene with hometown club VfB Stuttgart, is renowned for his speed and his unerring finishing ability.
Those gifts he inherited from his father, Gunther Schuh, who also played as striker, albeit at a lower level for Stuttgart Kickers.
Upon his retirement, Gunther went onto become a successful coach in the amateur game, working with TSV Steinhaldenfeld, a community-focused team in the north east of Stuttgart.
"Schuh was a pretty good player, a semi-professional," Michael Bulling, the TSV department head of football, told Goal. "He was a coach at our club and it was the most successful time in the history of our club.
"We won the league and got promoted. He came back 10 years later when we were relegated and we got promoted again. He has always been connected with our club.
"For Timo, his father was the most important in his footballing life. It was his father who pushed him, not our small club. It was all his dad who played with him every day, who took him to Stuttgart.
"We just knew from the beginning that he was a special player but it was hard to know how good he would become. The club is very proud of him. He was always playing with his dad."