Liverpool pulled out of the running to sign Timo Werner for financial reasons.
But according to the latest CIES Football Observatory transfer value list, his £50million release clause is actually a bargain price.
The 299th edition of the weekly post values Werner at a cool £80.5m, suggesting Chelsea have orchestrated a superb bit of business.
Liverpool were hot favourites to sign the Germany international, but the coronavirus pandemic has created all sorts of financial uncertainty.
As a result, Jurgen Klopp was forced to contact Werner - who favoured a move to Liverpool himself - to inform him they would not be pursuing him at this time.
Meanwhile, Chelsea stole a march on their rivals and are now in advanced negotiations with the RB Leipzig forward.
The Blues are expected to officially trigger his £50m release clause this week, and Werner will put pen to paper on a four-year deal at Stamford Bridge.
Following the break-down of the transfer, Klopp told Sky Germany: "There are a lot of good players on this planet. Timo Werner is a great player, Kai Havertz is a great player.
"Right time, opportunity - everything has to come together. Six, seven weeks ago, we didn't know if we could play again this year.
"If we hadn't played the second half of the season, we would have thought, 'OK, when can you really play football again?' And now it starts right away.
"We act as if everything is already settled. It's not settled. We use this little loophole we've been left to play football again. Everything else we have to see the moment it happens. We can't pretend now that everything is going to be fine in the future."
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