Frank Lampard believes Timo Werner has the "personality and humility" to be a big hit at Chelsea.
The Blues this week pulled off a significant transfer coup by sealing a £53million deal for Germany hitman Werner to join the Stamford Bridge club this summer.
The RB Leipzig striker will follow Ajax's Hakim Ziyech into the west London outfit, with boss Lampard still hunting yet more recruits.
Lampard revealed he has tracked Werner for some time, and admitted being left impressed by his phone conversations as Chelsea tied down a long-term deal for the coveted forward.
"I did speak to Timo, and he was excited, which is great. I'm certainly excited to have him here," said Lampard.
"We obviously have to hold our breath slightly because we have business at hand at the moment and so does he, finishing their league.
"But I've spoken to him, and he's the type of player and type of profile we're looking at, who can come here and have a big impact, hopefully.
"We'll have to give him a bit of time in adapting, we all know the Premier League is a slightly different animal to all our leagues in world football.
"But the talent I think Timo has, the work ethic, his personality and humility actually, really shone through for me, when speaking to him.
"So I'm very excited to have him in all senses.
"He's clearly a player that we liked. I've certainly followed him for a long time myself, individually just as a talented player, even before I had this job.
"But as a club, clearly we went for him, and he certainly will strengthen us in my opinion.
"He's got huge talent, had a fantastic season this year but before that as well.
Chelsea face a June 23 deadline to finalise short-term deals for their long-serving wingers, with Lampard still hopeful of a positive resolution.
"As a club, obviously, if we are trying to extend players for that period we want them to stay," said Lampard.
"As is well documented we have a couple of players in that situation and we have until next week to find a solution, hopefully.
"It would be great for us, obviously, to finish this campaign with the players we started it with and with the quality players we are talking about."
