🇩🇪 Kai Havertz

[Fernando 6,585]

12 hours ago, Patrick Bamford said:

 

Man has the image for marketing. 

Him and Pulisic would be our main marketing players. 

[Fernando 6,585]

1 hour ago, Mana said:

Haven’t doubted that he’s ours since 3 weeks ago.

Welcome Havertz. 
 

I really feel that our attack is strong, stronger than Hazard’s final two seasons here. Thank God now. I still have shakey feelings about the defense but that’s for a different topic.

Take over the PL by storm Havertz!

Now that you mentioned Hazard, it's sad he never got to play in a team with these good players. 

But what can you do. Thank you Hazard for the years and the money that helped rebuild the team. 

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

This is one of the best compilation of Kai I’ve seen recently.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

This is one of the best compilation of Kai I’ve seen recently.

He really has it all: technique, speed, passing, shooting, creativity, aerial ability...albeit some of them are still a lil bit raw, but make no mistake he is truly a generational talent. Still can’t believe he is ours now.

[Atomiswave 6,117]

Was out all night, just woke up to this, fucking finally done. What is going on with the fee, ITK's say 62M, media claim 89M.

Loving rival fans dissing us and Kai.....funny when you go to dailymail this signing is way down there, if it was udt or pool signing him there would be endless articles.

Welcome to the Blue side Kai and may you have supreme success at Chels.

[Jase 43,479]

2 hours ago, Pizy said:

Who cares what the actual fee was, we've got ourselves a player that literally any club in Europe would have in their team if they could afford him.

Well, there is a difference between being our record transfer signing and not being our record transfer signing. We fans might not care but you can bet the talk of pressure of being our record signing will be mentioned a lot. 

And also, it would be just kinda nice to know how much we are actually paying upfront for Havertz...just for information sake. 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

2 hours ago, Pizy said:

Who cares what the actual fee was, we've got ourselves a player that literally any club in Europe would have in their team if they could afford him.

I lowkey hope it is our record haha. It adds prestige and at least kepa wouldnt be the most expensive one anymore.

[Dimitr 488]

Official :havertz is our record signing!

[ahmedou 192]

4 hours ago, Patrick Bamford said:

 

Nobody:

Havertz: And hmm

[Special Juan 28,141]

Do we know if he is number 29 then?

[Jase 43,479]

Doing fitness work today...

 

[Atomiswave 6,117]

Man I cant wait to watch how we will game once we click, that front 4 can interchange you to death.

[Special Juan 28,141]

For me we have signed the best young attacking player in world football.

[manpe 10,861]

Havertz/Werner is gonna be the new Lampard/Drogba or Fabregas/Costa, I can feel it. 

[Pizy 18,908]

My my, he does look good in our clolors! And I hope he doesn't wear 29. Such an ugly number. We need that beautiful #8 to become available. 😏

[DDA 9,938]

9 minutes ago, manpe said:

Havertz/Werner is gonna be the new Lampard/Drogba or Fabregas/Costa, I can feel it. 

I reckon Frank told Werner, Ziyech and Havertz that they along with Mount, Pulisic ect are the new era at Chelsea that can emulate Drogba, Lamps, Terry and co. That was probably what made them want to be here as much as anything else.

[!Hazard! 3,394]

Havertz (and Ziyech) making a Messi pass to Chilwell who's making a Jordi Alba run. I can already see it becoming a regular thing

[Hamilton 2,120]

Damn you sponsor, every time a new player holds up the shirt I think they play with nr 3 😂

[Artandur 939]

https://theathletic.com/2044050/2020/09/05/havertz-transfer-mclachlan-marina-phone-call-lampard-real-madrid/

Can anyone post the full article?

[Jase 43,479]

https://theathletic.com/2044050/2020/09/05/havertz-transfer-mclachlan-marina-phone-call-lampard-real-madrid/

Some inside info from The Athletic on our pursuit-purchase of Havertz...

- Club started making transfer plans over a year ago when the transfer ban became a reality.

- Havertz had already been watched on several occasions. Scott McLachlan, the head of international scouting, championed Havertz to the board from a very early stage.

- Club have followed Havertz for several years. Same case with Werner but more extensive with Havertz.

- Bayern, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Liverpool, Man United all reached to Havertz's representatives over the last 18 months to gauge whether they could be at the front of the queue to sign him

- Contact with Havertz's representatives were initiated around late April/early May 2019. Club had wanted to spend big and Havertz was very much in the forefront of that.

- Bayern never made any offer. Man United gave a noteworthy presentation of their own last year but didn't go any further.

- It's believed Real Madrid were Havertz's preferred destination because of their glamour and one of his idols Toni Kroos is playing for them. Even when Chelsea began stepping up the efforts earlier this year, there was suspicion he was waiting for Real to make a move.

- Chelsea benefited from the COVID-19 pandemic because it impacted Real's and Bayern's finances. They had hoped Havertz would stay another year at Leverkusen before making a move next year.

- But Havertz had decided to leave Leverkusen this summer because he felt he had outgrown the team, they didn't qualify for the Champions League and he needed a new challenge. Leverkusen also weren't willing to wait and risk decreasing his value.

- Wrong to suggest Havertz merely settled for Chelsea because it was the only option. Chelsea went from being just an option to something very desirable to Havertz.

- Club sent a message to Havertz with the signings of Werner, Ziyech etc to highlight their ambition.

- Lampard reached out to Havertz at the end of the Bundesliga season and laid out his vision of attacking football with young players at the fore. Lampard explained how he was building a new team and Havertz was going to be one of the key players. There was a feeling of freshness and momentum and Havertz wanted to be part of it.

- In contrast to the ageing squads and disarray of Real Madrid and Barcelona, Chelsea came across the more enticing adventure at this stage of Havertz's career.

- Havertz was reportedly impressed with Marina, the way Chelsea stepped on the gas and went for the deal. Stature of the Premier League helped and the challenge of winning with Chelsea is seen as a bigger thing because it's harder to do.

- Chelsea have made their intentions clear to sign Havertz before Lampard took charge.

- Havertz made up his mind to join Chelsea at the end of July.

- Agreement with Leverkusen was only finalized earlier this week. The Athletic were told on one hand, Chelsea will pay an initial figure of 62 million pounds but on the other hand, Leverkusen are confident they will receive the full asking price in time.

- Inevitably, there are questions of what his arrival will mean for some of the younger players in the squad, who fear they may be sidelined. While that is a factor, there's a lot of positive talk in the camp about Havertz and the other signings. There is acceptance that Chelsea will always make signings and signing players like Havertz will help the others raise their game and win trophies.