◉ £60m guaranteed fee;
◉ £5m add-ons;
◉ Long term deal agreed;
◉ Medical tests to be scheduled.
Havertz will sign the contract this week, documents are being prepared.
[Fabrizio Romano] Kai Havertz, first Arsenal signing as deal will be completed in the next hours — here we go ✅⚪️🔴 #AFC
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1671489895682940930
17 Comments
MHPengwingz@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y
Can't believe that this is the first deal to get done but here we go....
sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
Sigh. I'm not happy with those numbers. Unless we decided to go full Italian and spread it out over 20 years, I think this is an overpay even disregarding the fact that Chelsea need to sell.
DeathWearsANecktie@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 3 pts · 3y
Yeah I hope Kai doesn't suffer the Pepe effect where the price tag hangs over him like a dark cloud.
alfons@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
I mean, isn't this pricetag lower than what Chelsea bought him for?
HARV3Y@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
True, but I think it’s still more than expected given his time at Chelsea. Hopefully we’ll get a similar proportion back when we come to sell Pepe..
hangonasecond@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I think the difference with Pepe was he very clearly couldn't get a look in before he went out on loan. Kai has been played by all 34 managers who were at that shit show of a club the last year
sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I've been trying to be less of a pessimist recently, but... we won't. We'll be lucky to see 20M for him. His wages are just ridiculous for a) the clubs that might take a chance on him and b) his skill level.
sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Yeah, by 5M, but I'm more than a little irked that that logic never seems to come into play when we're trying to sell players.
timmytbt@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
The market, particularly within the EPL, is insane these days. Boely and Co splashing the cash hasn’t helped either.
sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I blame Abramovich. That bastard distorted an entire league just so people would hate him a little less.
brawleryukon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
Not exactly how I was hoping we'd start the window, but we needed attacking backup, and Edu/Arteta have a pretty good track record so far, so... Welcome aboard, Kai!
BloodyMummer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
I get why he isn't the most exciting signing now, but I really think he's going to be phenomenal for us. He's gonna slot in well in several spots and I am here for it.
timmytbt@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that you might be right. If anyone can bring the best out of him it’s Mikel
clipper@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y
This one took me completely off guard but can't say I'm surprised the club was looking for more talent up top.
WorldcupCSR@arsenalfc.social · 3 pts · 3y
@Astrealix don’t understand how ALL the Saudi teams buying ALL the Chelsea players (minus Havertz and mount) isn’t raising eyebrows amongst the regula……ah now I understand
aintnoprophet@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Trusting process.
kleautviool@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
How about wages? I hope he isn't on some ridiculous wages