Transfer Report: Bayer Leverkusen playmaker would only join Champions League club

Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Kai Havertz will allegedly would not be moving to Chelsea or Manchester United in the event that they fail to qualify for next season’s Champions League.

The talented youngster has been in phenomenal form for Bayer Leverkusen during the 2019-20 season, scoring multiple times and nine assists in 41 appearances in all competitions.

Various clubs, including Chelsea, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are all keen to sign the Germany International ahead of this current summer’s transfer window.

Nonetheless, Kai Havertz is resolved to play Champions League football next season and will turn down any club not playing in Europe’s head rivalry.

Chelsea are at present fourth in the Premier League table, five points away from fifth-place Manchester United, with the two teams having seven games left to play.

Fifth position could still be sufficient to make Champions League contingent upon the result of Manchester City’s appeal over a two-year suspension, while the Europa League also offers another course for Manchester United to make Europe’s top competition next season.

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