Chelsea became the sensation of the last summer market. It was the club that spent the most on reinforcements, a total of 247.2 million euros, ahead of Manchester City (171.8) and Barcelona (119). His two most expensive signings were Kai Havertz (80 million paid to Bayer Leverkusen) and Timo Werner (53 to Leipzig). At the moment, neither the performance of the midfielder nor that of the forward is being as expected in a Chelsea whose coach, Frank Lampard, sees his position in danger.
Both Werner and Havertz have had adaptation problems. And, in the case of the forward, Lampard himself recognized him and explained this Monday that he works with him so that the German international gains confidence. The start of his time at Chelsea is not exactly easy for Werner.
Werner has only scored 4 goals in the 19 games played in the Premier League. Last season, the last in which he played for Leipzig, the Chelsea forward today was the second top scorer in the Bundesliga, with 28 goals for Leipzig, after top scorer Robert Lewandowski (author of 34).
Havertz, Chelsea's most expensive signing for 2020-21, scored 12 'targets' for Bayer Leverkusen in 2019-20 and in his first season with the 'blues' he has only scored one so far. Among the accusations made to Lampard is that for now he has not been able to achieve the best version of either Havertz or Werner, that he has not been able to find the most suitable position for them to perform.
The defeat suffered last Tuesday against Leicester (2-0) placed Chelsea 8th in the Premier table, 11 points behind the leaders, Manchester United, and 5 from the Champions zone. For the ‘blues’, that Werner and Havertz play as they did in Germany would be one of the great assets to ward off the crisis, since they have lost 5 of their last 8 Premier matches.