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I disagree mate.I think we didn't plan to make this deal perm, he was brought in as a stop-gap for Son while he was at the Asian Cup.
but man he is making life tough for Levy.
If he starts getting goals, i don't think we will want to let him leave.
I don't know where we stand with the option - but we would not have spent the loan fee to cover a few weeks of Sonny being out, and Ange will have given Werner assurances about competing for playing time for the rest of the season. Remember Werner wanted the loan to get some minutes and earn a Euros spot. If he thought he was going to be done contributing in February, he would have looked elsewhere.
I also think his profile fits very nicely with how Ange set up at Celtic, and presumably wants to play here. So, I think Werner gets a real chance to play the rest of the season, and he is well on the way for us to pick up the option.
Helps that he seems nice too.