Chelsea FC is spending more money this summer than any other club. Frank Lampard’s team is planning the attack on the European top,
Standstill due to coronary crisis? While the transfer market is
more cautious this summer due to the global pandemic, FC Chelsea is blowing a big attack. With Kai Havertz, who was signed for 80 million euros plus possible bonuses from Bayer Leverkusen, Frank Lampard’s team made the most expensive transfer so far this summer.
The English media rave about a “new Michael Ballack”. But the 21-year-old is only the spearhead of a transfer attack that seeks her peer in these times – and was announced in advance. “It is noticeable that we are missing something due to the transfer ban, while other clubs have invested and improved,” Lampard had already declared after retiring from the Champions League quarter-finals against the later winner FC Bayern Munich.
Chelsea invests over 200 million euros
Havertz is the last of six top-class new entrants to date. Previously, two attackers were signed with Timo Werner (RB Leipzig, 53 million euros) and Hakim Ziyech (Ajax Amsterdam, 40 million euros), with Malang Sarr (OGC Nice, to be loaned out immediately), routine Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain, to be loaned out) and Ben Chilwell (Leicester City, 50 million euros) leading three defensive players to the Stamford Bridge.