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Chelsea put €200m package together to prise Havertz away from Bayer Leverkusen

Chelsea are putting a €200m package together to land Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Kai Havertz.

BILD says it will cost Chelsea a whopping €200m in total to complete a deal for the highly-rated 21-year-old.

That includes his contract, believed to be worth a total of €100m (£90m) over the course of five years, as well as the €100m (£90m) transfer fee that Leverkusen are holding out for.

But Blues chief Marina Granovskaia is hoping to get a deal done for a total fee of €80m (£71.5m) with €20m (£18m) in add-ons included.

However, Leverkusen are willing to hold out for a premium because Havertz is contracted until 2022 and has no buy-out clause.

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