Liverpool legend Steve Nicol has criticized Kai Havertz for “disappearing” Chelsea and Germany matches.
Premier League Chelsea spent more than 70 million pounds during the summer to point to Havertz of Bayer Leverkusen.
The 21-year-old has had a combined start to his Blues career, scoring a hat-trick in an EFL Cup win over League Club Barnsley, but has not had much effect on his four league appearances to date. .
Havertz played 89 minutes of Germany’s 3-3 friendly draw against Turkey on Wednesday night and Nicol felt he had entered and left the attack despite two assists.
“It’s strange [with Kai Havertz],” said former Liverpool and Scotland defender ESPN.
“Some of the things he did [against Turkey] were delicate, undeniable and well executed.
But then he disappeared for long periods, so he played as he does for Chelsea.
“It’s a little nowhere and then it’s going to have a big touch or a big pass with the best weight. He’ll do everything he cares about.
“They officially gave him two assists, but he was in and out of the game and that’s not what you’d expect from a guy who charges so much money. “
Chelsea zaguero Antonio Rudiger, who was strongly connected to a Stamford Bridge outing this summer, also played for Germany in Cologne on Wednesday.
Blues Timo Werner missed the crash, however, due to illness.
This week, former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin said Werner and Havertz’s summer signings are “ready to explode” for their new club.
“We are still waiting for the expected explosion of new players,” Nevin told the club’s official website.
“Obviously Kai Havertz, Ben Chilwell and Timo Werner are in an irrelevant position, but it still feels like Timo and Kai are bubbling, in a position to explode on stage.
“For once, I think Chelsea will surely be extremely happy to see many of those players go on a mission abroad, but why?
I think Kai and Timo want as many games as imaginable to enter not only their own mid-season fitness point, but also at the expected point week after week in the Premier League.
“Unless they get injured in the outside service, everyone will come back more than when they leave, especially if they can get a full set or two in their credits for their own country. “
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