Chelsea makes record-breaking transfer 'blockbuster'; Can Doan Van Hau replace Dinh Trong?

Chelsea explodes record transfer "blockbuster" Kai Havertz

Chelsea have announced a club record £90m deal for midfielder Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen.

Kai Havertz has just completed a medical at Stamford Bridge before signing a five-year contract with The Blues, earning a staggering salary of £310,000 a week.

The 21-year-old German star is the sixth signing ofChelseaThis summer, bringing the total spending to 230 million pounds.

Sharing at the launch, Havertz said: "I am extremely happy and proud to be here. It is a dream come true to play for a big club like Chelsea. I am very excited to meet my new teammates."

Young German talent takes souvenir photos at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea's director of transfers - Marina Granovskaia excitedly said: "Kai is one of the best players of his age. Therefore, we are very happy that Kai's future is at Chelsea. Kai Havertz's talent is unquestionable. He has played for Germany, playing attractive football. We are pleased to have the service of a versatile and quality player."

Haaland scores his first goal for Norway

The 20-year-old star started and scored in the 66th minute but could not help Norway avoid a 1-2 defeat to Austria in the opening match of the Nations League which took place in the early morning of September 5 (Hanoi time).

For the first time, coach Lar Lagerback suffered a defeat at home while leading the Norwegian national team. His team had a poor performance, lacked cohesion and suffered a 1-2 defeat against Austria.

Erling Haaland could not help Norway avoid defeat against Austria. Photo: Getty Images.

This was Haaland's first goal for the Norwegian national team when he played for the third time. However, he and his teammates could not score more goals in the remaining 20 minutes of the match.

National U13 and U15 women's football teams undergo medical examination on the first day of training

InVietnam Youth Football Training CenterThe coaching staff and 54 players of the two National U13 and National U15 women's football teams were medically examined in accordance with the Ministry of Health's regulations on Covid-19 prevention and control on the first day of training.

This is the second gathering of the U15 team in 2020, but it is the first gathering day of the National U13 young players after the selection of Coach Akira Ijiri and his assistant team.

In addition, during the living and training process, the coaching staff will also remind the players to continue to take measures to prevent and fight the Covid-19 epidemic such as measuring body temperature, regularly washing hands and keeping a safe distance during the time the team gathers and trains.

Messi officially stays at Barcelona

Lionel Messi has officially confirmed he will stayBarcelona, but at the same time publicly criticized the club's leadership led by President Bartomeu.

The future ofMessiThis summer has finally been set. On August 25, the 33-year-old Argentine striker stunned the world by sending a letter asking Barcelona to terminate his contract one year in advance, thereby allowing him to leave on a free transfer.

However, Barcelona did not accept Messi's request, claiming that the unilateral termination clause of the "number 10" contract had expired. The Camp Nou team also firmly refused to sell Messi at any price and Messi could only move to another club if he paid the full 700 million euros to break his contract. Of course, no club in the world - including Man City - could help Messi do that.

Messi and his lawyers tried to find a chance to "turn the tables" with Barcelona but could not.

Messi shares about his decision to leave and then stay at Barcelona.

In that context, Messi agreed to stay at Camp Nou until the end of his contract in June 2021. However, the Argentine striker publicly criticized President Bartomeu and caused a new wave in Barcelona.

In an exclusive interview with Goal, Messi said: “I told the club, told the president, that I wanted to leave all year. I felt it was time to step aside to make way for other young talents to come forward. I feel regretful, because I always thought that I would end my career here. I had a difficult year in training, on the pitch and in the dressing room. I didn’t want to leave because of the defeat against Bayern, I had made that decision a long time ago and thought it through. Bartomeu always told me that I could consider staying or leaving after the end of the season, but he didn’t keep his word.”

Can Doan Van Hau replace Dinh Trong?

Before hearing the news that Dinh Trong had to undergo surgery to completely treat his knee injury, coach Chu Dinh Nghiem had included Van Hau in his plan to use him as a center back instead of his usual left back position.

Most recently, in the friendly match with Viettel on September 2,Van Hauwas placed in the center back position with Viet Anh. Talking about Van Hau playing center back, the former teacher of the Thai Binh player, Coach Vu Hong Viet, shared: “Playing center back and full back has a relatively big difference. When playing on the wing, there are times when I join the attack a lot, compared to the center back..

Van Hau is rated higher than Dinh Trong in aerial combat ability because he is 1m85 tall.

A defender blocks, making sure the opposing striker doesn't score. Van Hau is a versatile player, but when he is put in the position of a defender, filling Dinh Trong's position, he needs high concentration and some additional skills. Dinh Trong is a type of defender who reads situations very well. When to compete, when to defend, when to cover, Trong does very well and has almost no mistakes. Van Hau must be able to do those things likeDinh Trong".

In addition, Mr. Viet also commented that although he does not have as many qualities as Dinh Trong, Van Hau has other advantages: "Firstly, Hau has strong physical strength and jumping ability, so he will have a great advantage when following tall strikers. Over time, Van Hau's physical condition has developed well, his muscles and strong collision ability are guaranteed. Second, Van Hau's sense of space is guaranteed at a high level, so he will coordinate well with his partner in covering or setting offside traps."

For a long time, Hanoi has been a good attacking team, often pressing high in the opponent's field, so the pressure on the 2 central defenders is not much. That is also an advantage for Van Hau to be able to complete the task in the central defender position. Let's wait and see, in the new role, how Van Hau will make fans forget the absence of Dinh Trong.