Kai Havertz joins Arsenal from Chelsea in £65m deal; German departs Stamford Bridge after three years at Chelsea; the 24-year-old turns into Arsenal’s first summer time signing; Gunners additionally concentrating on offers for West Ham midfielder Declan Rice and Ajax defender Jurrien Timber

Arsenal have accomplished a £65m deal to signal Kai Havertz from Chelsea on an unspecified long-term contract.

The German ahead turns into Arsenal’s first summer time signing with the Gunners additionally concentrating on offers for West Ham midfielder Declan Rice, for whom they had a £105m bid accepted on Wednesday, and Ajax defender Jurrien Timber.

Havertz has signed a long-term contract on the Emirates to spell the top of a three-season stint at Chelsea.

The 24-year-old secured his place in Blues historical past by scoring the purpose that gained them a second Champions League crown in 2021.

Chelsea signed Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen in 2020 for £75m however have been trying to recoup a considerable portion of what they paid after an detached final marketing campaign at Stamford Bridge.

The Blues are understood to be glad with the deal as Havertz, who had two years remaining on his Blues contract, had made it clear he wished to depart the membership.

Havertz was typically deployed as a frontman at Stamford Bridge however Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta, chatting with the membership web site when asserting his arrival, prompt the Germany worldwide’s place on the Emirates Stadium would lie in midfield.

“Kai is a player of top quality,” he stated. “He has great versatility and is an intelligent player. He will bring a huge amount of extra strength to our midfield and variety to our play.

“We welcome Kai and his household to Arsenal Football Club and we’re all excited to begin working with him once we begin pre-season coaching quickly.”

Chelsea paid tribute to their Champions League winner in their own statement, saying his name had been “etched into membership folklore” and that he would “ceaselessly have a spot in our historical past”.

Havertz hails squad mentality on Arsenal arrival

Also speaking to Arsenal.com after completing his move, Havertz paid tribute to the squad mentality of his new side and highlighted where he thought the Gunners had strengthened when facing them as an opponent during his time at Chelsea.

The Gunners won both league meetings between the two sides last season, and beat the Blues five out of six times since Havertz moved to Stamford Bridge in 2020.

“It’s tremendous thrilling for me to be becoming a member of this superb membership and to be a part of the Arsenal household,” he said. “This membership has such an enormous historical past, and I hope we are able to obtain numerous issues.

“The mentality in the Arsenal squad is very high and you can feel that. That was one of the reasons why it has been so hard to play against Arsenal recently.

“The purpose is to win trophies and I’m going to offer every part to try this for the supporters and everybody on the membership. I’m now wanting ahead to assembly all of the gamers and the employees once we come again for pre-season.”

Who wins out of Havertz’s move to Arsenal?

Havertz will be one of the Premier League’s most expensive signings of the summer transfer window despite enduring a difficult season with Chelsea.

Arsenal have signed the Germany international from Chelsea, after a three-year spell at Stamford Bridge during which he has struggled to find consistency following his £75m arrival from Bayer Leverkusen.

How will Havertz be remembered at Chelsea? Which club are getting the better end of the deal? And what are the qualities that make him so appealing to Arsenal and Mikel Arteta?

Read the ideas of Joe Shread and Nick Wright right here.

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