Deal CLOSE: Bayer Leverkusen star wanted Real Madrid move

Kai Havertz was supposedly desperate to join Real Madrid during this current summer’s transfer window.

The 21-year-old is very close to a switch from Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea, with the Blues expected to make an announcement on the talented youngster in the coming days.

Chelsea are accepted to have agreed a deal which will see them pay an underlying £71.3m plus £17.8m) in add-ons, making it the most expensive move in the club’s history.

In any case, as per report, Kai Havertz wanted to join Real Madrid in the current window, in any event, turning down the advances of Bayern Munich.

The report asserts that Los Blancos were very much situated to sign Kai Havertz before the Coronavirus pandemic, which has hugy affected the Spanish club’s accounts.

Kai Havertz’s agent is accepted to have been in contact with Zinedine Zidane’s side this summer to decide if a deal could still be done, however the Blues have since swooped to sign him.

The talented young attacker has scored multiple times for Bayer Leverkusen in the course of the last two seasons.

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