Kai Havertz has thanked manager Thomas Tuchel for keeping faith with him as Chelsea’s starting striker.
The 23-year-old arrived from Bayer Leverkusen in 2020 as more of an attacking midfielder but has spent a large part of his Chelsea career as a striker – a role he is likely to retain this coming season following the departure of Romelu Lukaku to Inter.
Tuchel has recently confirmed that signing a new striker to replace Lukaku is ‘not a priority’, meaning Havertz is set to spend at least another season as Chelsea‘s number nine, and he told The Athletic that he is grateful to see his boss so…
