After three years in the Chelsea jersey, national player Kai Havertz is moving to Arsenal for the coming season. Shortly before the deal was finalized, the 24-year-old was presented with another option that was extremely attractive.
As the Spanish portal “relevo” reported on Thursday evening, Real Madrid tried literally at the last second to torpedo Havertz’s move to Arsenal and to persuade the national player to sign with the royal team.
It is said that Havertz’s commitment was discussed in the Real boardroom for many months. There was even said to have been a meeting with the national player, in which it was precisely explored whether the 24-year-old could even imagine moving to Spain.
In the end, the royals received positive signals from the Germans, but the Champions League record winner played for time. According to “relevo” in the hope that Chelsea would give a discount under the selling pressure.
Real makes a last-minute attempt
According to the report, as the offensive player’s move to the Gunners became more and more apparent, the royals made a last-ditch attempt to prevent the deal.
Accordingly, those responsible for Real called the Blues to find out how much transfer Arsenal had offered. With this, Madrid allegedly wanted to signal to the German that the door is open for him. But by then it was already too late.
Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta presented Havertz with such an attractive plan that the 24-year-old could not be dissuaded from his move to the Gunners.
On Thursday, Havertz finally confirmed himself that he would continue at Arsenal. In a detailed post on social media, he said goodbye to the Blues and spoke of an “honor” to have worn the blue jersey.