Following the news that Chelsea were on the verge of signing Thiago Silva from Paris Saint-Germain on a free, there’s now big information about Kai Havertz.
This comes from SportBild’s Christian Falk, who took to Twitter to announce the news.
The German journalist claimed that Bayer Leverkusen, who have been reluctant to let their star go at a lower price, have stood their ground and ‘will soon accept Chelsea’s offer’ for the midfielder.
The transfer is described as ‘perfect’ with Havertz getting a ‘five-year contract’ and a transfer fee of around €100m ‘including add ons’ for the Bundesliga side.
Looking at the article published on SportBild’s website, that fee will be broken down in €80m + €10m + €10m, with the first of those €10m ‘almost certain’ to be paid.
Those would be due ‘for the expected successes such as regularly reaching the Champions League and knockout games within the next five years’.
The other €10m are ‘planned for titles up to 2025, such as the league, the FA Cup and the aforementioned European trophy.
It’s expected the deal will be ‘officially announced in the next few days’.
That’s a lot of money, but Chelsea made it clear they were intent on making big changes to take themselves back up into title consideration next season when they made early moves for both Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech.
Add to that the likely arrival of an experienced Thiago Silva and the versatility and creativity of Kai Havertz, and you have a very strong team to reckon with next year.
