Kai Havertz turned his back on a seven figure bonus that was owed to him by Bayer Leverkusen to seal his Chelsea move. The German was linked with a switch to Stamford Bridge for weeks before his £72.7m deal was finalised last week.
That could rise to over £90m should the various performance related add-ons be paid. And a major breakthrough in negotiations between Leverkusen chiefs and Chelsea's director Marina Granovskaia came courtesy of Havertz himself.
The 21-year-old had a clause in his contract that entitled him to 10 per cent of his transfer fee when he left the BayArena.
Chelsea were prepared to meet Leverkusen's hefty asking price and Havertz helped speed up the transfer by passing up the bonus owed to him, reports Sport Bild.
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