Chelsea have been warned that they will have to meet Bayer Leverkusen's demands or forget about a deal to sign Kai Havertz.
Kai Havertz won't be sold on the cheap and Chelsea must meet Bayer Leverkusen's valuation of the player or miss out on a deal, Rudi Völler has warned. Germany international Havertz is reportedly keen on a switch to the Blues, who have long been linked with a move for the 21-year-old.
Leverkusen holding out for best price on Havertz
Havertz is said to be in favour of a move to Stamford Bridge but the two clubs still seemingly have work to do to strike a deal. Leverkusen are claimed to want £90 million for Havertz, with Chelsea thought to be interested in a structured deal that starts at around £70 million. But sporting director Völler said simply any club wanting to buy Havertz must pay the asking price otherwise he will stay at the BayArena for another year.
Asked if Leverkusen have agreed to sell Havertz, Völler told La Gazzetta dello Sport: "No, but with his talent, it means he's on the list of all the best clubs. We know of the interest of a couple of clubs, especially Chelsea, but for us, the situation is quite simple: he has a two-year contract, if anyone wants him on our terms, fine, otherwise he stays here another year and we are happy. It won't be easy, but for an artist like him there is no COVID discount."
"Havertz is the best I have seen at Leverkusen"
In Völler's opinion, Havertz is on course to be better than some illustrious Leverkusen alumni. "For me, he's the best I've seen at Leverkusen, and I've been here for a lifetime. We had Emerson, [Michael] Ballack, Zé Roberto, [Toni] Kroos, but he's on top," Völler added.
Former Germany star Völler said Havertz reminds him of Ballack and Mesut Özil, adding: "He takes the best bits from both of them."
Völler also has no doubt Havertz will continue to represent Leverkusen for the completion of their Europa League campaign, with a quarter-final tie against Inter Milan coming up. Timo Werner opted not to play for RB Leipzig in the remainder of the Champions League after agreeing to join Chelsea, but Havertz did feature for Leverkusen in the second leg of their last-16 tie against Rangers and Völler is sure he will do so as long as the team are in the competition.
"Of course he will play [in the Europa League quarter-final], also because he wants to," Völler said. "I am a bit old-fashioned: for me a season is over when it all ends. "Nobody leaves first. Now, with COVID-19, there have been transfers before the end of the season, but not from us."
Zebcelmstz
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Chelsea should go for said Benhrama
yenelnryz
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wr dont want zaha you crazy
Thaj
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Havertz is not special like pulisic, keep him. We don't need him
yenelnryz
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frank lampard do not no what he doing he going get fried soon say i tell you all so wait tell next season and dont get it right
Patcelnz
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not so expinsive than jadon sacon 109.ml .it can happen soon.
Patcelnz
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pay it fast do the job fast make it happen next season. hope fast.
mkphy
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this is the team
Fisayomih
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£90 is just too much for that boy.
Don't you know that this life is a risk it means let them risk it now
Fisayomih
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Chelsea should go 4 dis guy once and 4 all
Pabadimotu
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He is not worth 30million even.
HayKay2697
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Chelsea should first find a solution to their defense and goalkeeper before thinking about the guy ooo. if they have excess, then they can go for him
Sepabcmpsy
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£90 is just too much for that boy.
vuebdkmsy
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we gonna pay the full €90m because we are chelsea and if we want a player , we get it at the end
hokdkpu
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Chelsea should go for Said BenRahma and stop looking for £90 Kai Said BenRahma is a very skillfull player, very fantastic
SauravSHAHI
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We should buy havertz, pulisic can't be trusted for whole season to stay fit. One front addition is needed
Then What about Zaha He is Available in only 30 mil. 🤔🤔
Luebemnopz
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You can play all the hide and seek games but all what is written in the sky is that one day Kai will be a blue.
vamdmsyz
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Popbikmps
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As a Chelsea i m ok if we didn’t finish top4 next season but will be disappoint if this deal happened at this price
makabipyz
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By the way, voller is sporting director at Leverkusen!!!
and Bayer have money enough.
Poiszon
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£90m!!!! 🙈😳😳😳 that's STERLING and JESUS combined.!!!! more than MANE,SALAH,FARMINO combined!!!😜😁😁is he that exceptional?. nooo!!. Him and SANCHO are the joke of the transfer season. Anyway the coaches after them bc are also armatures like them. PEP, KLOP,JOSE,ANCHELOTI. Can never buy a 20yr old at that cost.
hazardeden1017
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Den Benrahma is a better option
not at all a bad option plus cheap
Femi2chelsea
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Dis Kai will end up as a Flop in Chelsea ,too overrated,Said Benrahma is far beta Dan him,don't know wot Chelsea sees in him
Femi2chelsea
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We should buy havertz, pulisic can't be trusted for whole season to stay fit. One front addition is needed
Den Benrahma is a better option
jonkmrtu
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come on now roman i think you should try pope because he is a better GK surely he will help us
Yawabcduz
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raise your offer to 80 please Marina!!
Yawabcduz
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NBC. It’s not worth it we can get quality players for less
this guy's needed if we're to be the real blues I know
Yawabcduz
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70m it's ok, but 90m for a player who has only 2yrs left in his contract is crazy. We should forget about this deal please and offer Willian the 3yrs he demanded to keep him, he have no choice now. New LB, CB & GK is a must now and if along the process we don't sign Havertz bcoz of high transfer demand, then we are good. It's better we add 20m to that 90m and meet Oblak release fee of 110m and sign him
Willian is already gone dear.
BarayanDiyusep
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if bayern wins the ucl, Leverkusen will qualify in ucl and hopefully Kai will stay and move to Bayern in 2021 🙏🙏🙏
The_Red_Devil
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C'mone, Roman! Spend that blood money. I heard human trafficking is a very lucrative business
No need to rob banks or trafficking human. The Manchester United brand actually worth something! lol
SawHotz
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In my opinion, this Havertz move is just a waste of funds. Why go for someone like that when u already have someone like Masin Mount in your team?? I think that the asking price is enough to buy a decent back three for sure.
chifat2
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Please remove that "must pay", and use "forget about the deal" instead.
Soumyashankar
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C'mone, Roman! Spend that blood money. I heard human trafficking is a very lucrative business
Ya just like you do ..... isn't! 89 plus add on for maguri and 68 for bruno... don't forget 58 plus add on for Wan bisaka .. total upto 230 millions . Looks like someone has Robbing banks😎.
BennyDubem
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70m it's ok, but 90m for a player who has only 2yrs left in his contract is crazy. We should forget about this deal please and offer Willian the 3yrs he demanded to keep him, he have no choice now. New LB, CB & GK is a must now and if along the process we don't sign Havertz bcoz of high transfer demand, then we are good. It's better we add 20m to that 90m and meet Oblak release fee of 110m and sign him
Paulusndara
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We need to offer our players on the transfer list for money to fund our transfer targets as soon as possible..
u guys had a transfer band. u have a lot in your account relax
Zocbemrs
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We need to offer our players on the transfer list for money to fund our transfer targets as soon as possible..
The_Red_Devil
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C'mone, Roman! Spend that blood money. I heard human trafficking is a very lucrative business
mezbors
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NBC. It’s not worth it we can get quality players for less
darkxiao
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Come on Chelsea sign him fast, we need this man on the team..
IkemefulaNwaodogwu
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Chelsea should try and bring this guy... we can forget about costly goalkeeper and sign onana or Trabzanpor goalkeeper
NawarajNep
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Rudi voller must be another victim of Covid. 19 he wanted huge deal to create his grave
snjy_dhkl1
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By the way, voller is sporting director at Leverkusen!!!
hazardeden1017
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We should buy havertz, pulisic can't be trusted for whole season to stay fit. One front addition is needed
veedu1
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chelsea will not pay 100m