◉ £60m guaranteed fee;
◉ £5m add-ons;
◉ Long term deal agreed;
◉ Medical tests to be scheduled.
Havertz will sign the contract this week, documents are being prepared.
Can’t believe that this is the first deal to get done but here we go…
Sigh. I’m not happy with those numbers. Unless we decided to go full Italian and spread it out over 20 years, I think this is an overpay even disregarding the fact that Chelsea need to sell.
The market, particularly within the EPL, is insane these days. Boely and Co splashing the cash hasn’t helped either.
Yeah I hope Kai doesn’t suffer the Pepe effect where the price tag hangs over him like a dark cloud.
I mean, isn’t this pricetag lower than what Chelsea bought him for?
True, but I think it’s still more than expected given his time at Chelsea. Hopefully we’ll get a similar proportion back when we come to sell Pepe…
I’ve been trying to be less of a pessimist recently, but… we won’t. We’ll be lucky to see 20M for him. His wages are just ridiculous for a) the clubs that might take a chance on him and b) his skill level.
This one took me completely off guard but can’t say I’m surprised the club was looking for more talent up top.
Not exactly how I was hoping we’d start the window, but we needed attacking backup, and Edu/Arteta have a pretty good track record so far, so… Welcome aboard, Kai!
Trusting process.
I get why he isn’t the most exciting signing now, but I really think he’s going to be phenomenal for us. He’s gonna slot in well in several spots and I am here for it.
I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that you might be right. If anyone can bring the best out of him it’s Mikel
