Chelsea have just announced on their official website that Kai Havertz has left the club to join Arsenal on a permanent deal after three years at Stamford Bridge.
The attacker played more minutes than any player for us last season but largely struggled up front, ploughing a lone furrow at the top of the team, not getting many chances and missing those he was getting.
Sources like the Athletic are claiming it’s a £65m fee, a good return and the kind of money that really unlocks our own potential to sign a replacement.
Arsenal have confirmed the signing of Kai Havertz from Chelsea for a fee of £65million.https://t.co/Dok5gvU0jX
— The Athletic | Football (@TheAthleticFC) June 28, 2023
His goal in Porto won us the Champions League, and his goal in the subsequent Club World Cup final won us that too. So he will always have that legacy – although fans will remember more than anything else a talent that we couldn’t really unlock.
Let’s hope it doesn’t all come together at Arsenal – that would be a mightily frustrating situation.
