Chelsea forward Kai Havertz has named the four players that would make his perfect combined footballer.
The German international is coming towards the end of his second campaign at Stamford Bridge and already, the former Bayer Leverkusen man has had a memorable time in London. Last year, Havertz scored the all-important goal in Chelsea ’s 1-0 Champions League final win over Manchester City in Porto. He also scored a penalty in extra-time win Chelsea the Club World Cup earlier this season against Palmeiras for the first time in the club’s history.
This season, Havertz has netted 13 times in 44 appearances in all competitions for the Blues and is the club’s top scorer in all competitions.
The German arrived as the club’s record signing in 2020 before Romelu Lukaku was re-signed by Chelsea from Inter Milan for a fee of £97.5m at the start of this season. Havertz, whose current goal tally in Blue is 22 in 89 games has developed a knack of scoring crucial goals for Thomas Tuchel’s side in all-important games.
In a recent interview, Havertz was tasked with developing his ‘perfect footballer,’ blending the right foot, left foot, head and intelligence of any four players of his choosing. His picks were not all that surprising, naming four of the best in the world to make up his list.
His combination involved Paris Saint-Germain winger Lionel Messi, his club teammate and fellow winger Neymar, Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne.
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“That’s hard. I think of course maybe the left foot of Lionel Messi, the right foot of Neymar and the head of Ronaldo maybe,” Havertz told Astro Super Sport.
“The brain I would say maybe De Bruyne, he’s a very good player for me and I love to watch him play. I think these are very good and would be a very good combination as a player.”
Havertz was in action for Chelsea on Sunday afternoon but was unable to prevent Tuchel’s side from losing 1-0 at Goodison Park to Everton, who themselves are in a bid to avoid a first relegation in over 70 years.
Brazilian Richarlison got the only goal of the game in the opening exchanges of the second half, converting after winning the ball off of Blues captain Cesar Azpilicueta.
In an ill-tempered affair, Havertz found himself going toe-to-toe with Everton’s Yerry Mina on multiple occasions and the defender got Havertz booked when the German shoved him off the ball in the second half.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, a group of Everton fans let off fireworks outside Chelsea’s team hotel, with midfielder Jorginho admitting that they woke him up.
