Jase

Not sure but the friendlies will apparently be done similar to the ones done before last season restarted in June.

We don't want our keeper to have to make a lot of saves, sure, but at the same time, we also want a keeper who can makes saves when called upon and Kepa very, very rarely did that in the last couple of months.

There is only so many times the world's most expensive keeper can be taken out of the firing line. It has happened twice and the second time feels like a definite statement, the straw that broke the camel's back.

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/08/24/gallery--the-blues-are-back-to-work-at-cobham Players back in training...

You tell me. You're the German here.

United fans are already shitting themselves... https://www.redcafe.net/threads/kai-havertz.452222/page-45

PLOT TWIST!

See my reply above.

Right, forgot about the currency. Previous reports did say we paid 71.6 million pounds for Kepa. If we pay 72 million pounds upfront, then he will be our record transfer by a few hundred thousand. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/11466355/chelsea-seal-71-6m-kepa-arrizabalaga-signing-from-athletic-bilbao https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/08/chelsea-kepa-arrizabalaga-athletic-bilbao-transfer

Do we have a choice if there are no takers for Kepa?

Wouldn't Havertz be the record transfer immediately considering we're paying 80 million upfront? We paid 72 million to activate Kepa's release clause.

If we want to be decisive, we could maybe just sell Caballero, put Kepa as the #2 and then buy a new GK.

According to Bild, Leverkusen have accepted our offer. Broken English translation from Google Translate below...

It will help him settle in general but I'm not concerned about it being a problem on the pitch at all. Football itself is like a universal language and players go to a league in a different country all the time without language becoming a problem.

Has Jim White been living inside a cave..?

lol You forgot the goalkeeper... Does Silva speak English?