Chelsea confirm signing of Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen

Chelsea have announced the signing of Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder Kai Havertz in a deal worth around £70million, including add-ons.

Havertz is the sixth player to join the Blues this summer, following the arrivals of Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva and Malang Sarr.

The 21-year-old Germany international was given permission to leave Germany’s training camp on Friday and caught a flight to the UK before heading to west London, where he put pen to paper on a five-year contract