Kai Havertz accomplished a transfer throughout London on Wednesday by becoming a member of Arsenal from Chelsea in a deal reportedly price 65 million kilos ($82 million).
Arsenal mentioned the Germany worldwide had joined on a “long-term contract.”
The 24-year-old ahead turns into Mikel Arteta’s first signing of the summer time after Arsenal completed runner-up within the Premier League final season.
“You have probably already seen it.. But now ‘officially’ I’m a Gunner,” Havertz tweeted, including a coronary heart emoji.
Havertz will eternally be a Chelsea icon after scoring the profitable purpose within the 2021 Champions League remaining and final 12 months’s Club World Cup triumph. But he finally did not dwell as much as expectations on the membership that he may turn out to be one among Europe’s high gamers, resulting in his departure after three years at Stamford Bridge.
Arteta is aiming to strengthen this summer time after struggling the ache of final season’s title collapse.
Arsenal led the desk for a lot of the marketing campaign, however fell away in the course of the run-in to permit Manchester City to win a 3rd straight league championship.
Arsenal has additionally been linked with a transfer for West Ham midfielder Declan Rice.
Havertz joined Chelsea for $92 million from Bayer Leverkusen in 2020 as a part of a significant recruitment drive.
He made 139 appearances in all competitions and scored 32 targets — none extra essential than his Champions League remaining strike towards Man City.
