Manchester City are one of five English clubs keeping tabs on Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder Kai Havertz, according to Sport1.
The German TV station reports that Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal are also interested in the 20-year-old, along with Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.
Some fans on Twitter believe Havertz could fill the void left by David Silva when the Spaniard leaves the Etihad Stadium next summer:
D.Silva replacment
— Filip Svedin (@filipsvedin) 22 August 2019
On my knees
— Jake (@mcfcjake__) 22 August 2019
He will Be better than David silva and for gundogan who is not good so
— 7adon Sancho (@nicofst79) 22 August 2019
Buy him?
— 7adon Sancho (@nicofst79) 22 August 2019
King Kai, KDB or even Bernardo and Rodri in our midfield next season yess please?
— Kierannn?? (@Kierdo97) 22 August 2019
We must try get this guy next season,but the problem is again Bayern Munich,they are the front runner for Kai and they have already advanced the talk with his representatives.
— CITIZEN (@AvikJana17) 22 August 2019
While other supporters are not convinced that City would actually need the German international:
Buy him and play where? And who to sell?
— Onkar (@OnkarManCity) 22 August 2019
— Josh M (@MassiveMyatt) 22 August 2019
Foden will be delighted ?
— Dominic Murphy (@DominicMurphy97) 23 August 2019
With Phil Foden’s emergence, it would be a surprise if the club did decide to make a move for a player who could play in a similar position.
There’s no doubting Havertz’s talent with the midfielder having hit 20 goals for Leverkusen last season, but he certainly wouldn’t be a priority.
Considering he reportedly has an asking price of £100m (£91m), it seems questionable whether City would be willing to break their transfer record for the player.
