 He left Manchester City in the summer of 1979 for German Bundesliga side Werder Bremen.His time at Bremen was short as after making his debut in a 1–0 win over Bayer Uerdingen he was sent off in his second match against 1860 Munich for "pushing" Hermann Bitz and banned by the German FA for eight weeks.He was fined by his club and refused to travel to an away match against FC Schalke 04 because of an injury before turning up to play for England.