Arsenal have announced the signing of Germany international Kai Havertz from Chelsea.
The 24-year-old was signed for a fee around £65million.
Havertz is a graduate of Bayer Leverkusen’s academy, where he signed his first professional contract in 2016.
During his time Leverkusen, Kai made 150 appearances, scoring 46 goals and assisting 31 times.
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In 2020, the attacking midfielder made a big move to the Premier League and joined Chelsea. During his three seasons in west London, he made a total 139 appearances, scoring 32 goals and providing 15 assists in all competitions.
Kai’s biggest moment in Chelsea colours came when he scored the only goal of the match in the Blues’ victory over Manchester City in the 2021 UEFA Champions League Final.
Kai Havertz hoping to achieve a lot with Arsenal
Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta said Havertz would strengthen his squad.
“Kai is a player of top quality. He has great versatility and is an intelligent player. He will bring a huge amount of extra strength to our midfield and variety to our play. We welcome Kai and his family to Arsenal Football Club and we are all excited to start working with him when we start pre-season training soon.”
Kai said ge was excited to join the Gunners.
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“It’s super exciting for me to be joining this amazing club and to be part of the Arsenal family. This club has such a big history, and I hope we can achieve lots of things.
“The mentality in the Arsenal squad is very high and you can feel that. That was one of the reasons why it has been so hard to play against Arsenal recently,” Kai said.
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“The aim is to win trophies and I’m going to give everything to do that for the supporters and everyone at the club. I’m now looking forward to meeting all the players and the staff when we come back for pre-season.”
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