Chelsea Football Club announced that it has completed the contract with German international midfielder Kay Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen on Friday evening, to be the biggest winners in the summer deals that were distinguished by the fact that most of them are future stars in European football.
Havertz signed a 5-year contract with Chelsea in a deal worth $ 94 million, making it the second most expensive deal in the club's history after Spanish goalkeeper Kepa Arizabalaga, who joined from Athletic Bilbao for $ 95 million.
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"I am happy and proud to be here. For me, this is a dream come true to play in a big club like Chelsea, and I cannot wait until I meet all my teammates. Yes, I am very happy because I joined this team," Havertz said in statements to the club’s official website.
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For her part, Marina Garanovskaya, club director, said, "Kai is one of the best players of his age in the world of football, so we are very happy that his future will be here with Chelsea."
"He has proven himself in one of the best leagues in Europe, he also plays for the German national team, and he is a wonderful and dynamic talent. We are happy that we were able to add a player of similar skill to our ranks before the start of the season," she added.
Havertz had scored 36 goals in 118 games with Leverkusen, and he also scored a goal in 7 matches in which he participated as a member of the German national team.
Havertz became the seventh player to include Chelsea this season, and on long contracts spanning 5 years as well, after he won a deal that included German striker Timo Werner, the top scorer of the German team Leipzig, with a contract that extends until 2025.
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Chelsea also included many players during the summer transfer period, including: Brazilian defender Thiago Silva from Paris Saint-Germain, Ben Chilwell from Leicester City, and Moroccan star Hakim Ziyech from Ajax Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the first deals were announced in February. .
He also contracted rising French star Malang Sarr, the French player of Nice, in a free transfer.
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