Chelsea Complete Signing of Kai Havertz
Chelsea have completed the signing of Germany international Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen on a five-year contract.
The highly rated attacking midfielder joined the Premier League club in a deal reportedly worth £71 million, taking Chelsea’s summer spending close to £200 million.
Havertz became the latest major addition to Frank Lampard’s squad following the arrivals of Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech, Ben Chilwell and Thiago Silva.
Chelsea also signed young French defender Malang Sarr, who was expected to spend time away from the club on loan to continue his development.
Havertz expressed his delight after completing the move to Stamford Bridge.
“I am very happy and proud to be here,” he said. “For me, it is a dream come true to play in a big club like Chelsea and I can’t wait to meet all the players and the trainers.”
Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia described Havertz as one of the best young players in world football and praised his versatility and experience.
“Kai is one of the best players of his age in world football, so we are very happy that his future
