Chelsea striker Kai Havertz joins Arsenal. The press service of the “gunners” announced the transfer of the 24-year-old German on the official website of the club. Havertz signed a five-year contract with Arsenal until the summer of 2028. He will wear number 29 for the Gunners.. Arsenal paid Chelsea 70 million euros for the transfer of the football player of the German national team.

This is Arsenal's first transfer this off-season and the second most expensive in the club's history.. Only Lille were paid more for Nicolas Pepe (?70m in 2019). Chelsea acquired Havertz in 2020 from Bayer Leverkusen for €80m. During this time, he played 132 matches for the Blues, in which he scored 32 goals and 15 assists.. It was his goal that brought the " Kai also won the UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup with the Blues.

Havertz made 47 appearances for Chelsea in all competitions last season, scoring 9 goals and providing one assist.. The Arsenal rookie has been playing for Germany since 2018. He scored 13 goals in 37 matches for the national team.. Thus, Havertz, who was a teammate of Ukrainian Mikhail Mudryk at Chelsea, will now play for Arsenal along with our other compatriot Oleksandr Zinchenko. Manchester City have announced the signing of another Chelsea star, midfielder Mateo Kovacic..