◉ £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.

  • MHPengwingz
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    91 year ago

    Can’t believe that this is the first deal to get done but here we go…

  • @sensiblepuffin
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    71 year ago

    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.

    • Framecode
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      31 year ago

      Yeah I hope Kai doesn’t suffer the Pepe effect where the price tag hangs over him like a dark cloud.

      • Alfons
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        31 year ago

        I mean, isn’t this pricetag lower than what Chelsea bought him for?

        • @sensiblepuffin
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          21 year ago

          Yeah, by 5M, but I’m more than a little irked that that logic never seems to come into play when we’re trying to sell players.

        • @HARV3Y
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          21 year ago

          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…

          • @hangonasecond
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            21 year ago

            I think the difference with Pepe was he very clearly couldn’t get a look in before he went out on loan. Kai has been played by all 34 managers who were at that shit show of a club the last year

          • @sensiblepuffin
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            21 year ago

            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.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      The market, particularly within the EPL, is insane these days. Boely and Co splashing the cash hasn’t helped either.

      • @sensiblepuffin
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        11 year ago

        I blame Abramovich. That bastard distorted an entire league just so people would hate him a little less.

  • Brawler Yukon
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    51 year ago

    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!

  • @BloodyMummer
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    41 year ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that you might be right. If anyone can bring the best out of him it’s Mikel

  • @[email protected]
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    41 year ago

    This one took me completely off guard but can’t say I’m surprised the club was looking for more talent up top.

  • JK
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    31 year ago

    @Astrealix don’t understand how ALL the Saudi teams buying ALL the Chelsea players (minus Havertz and mount) isn’t raising eyebrows amongst the regula……ah now I understand

  • @kleautviool
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    31 year ago

    How about wages? I hope he isn’t on some ridiculous wages