Chelsea are reportedly keeping tabs on Bayer Leverkusen starlet Florian Wirtz ahead of a potential future bid.
The 18-year-old has been in excellent form this season, leading to a number of teams such as Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Bayern Munich taking an interest in his development.
After the difficulties experienced by the likes of Kai Havertz and Timo Werner adapting to the Premier League, though, fans on Twitter are not particularly keen on the Blues making a move for Wirtz:
He will flop like Havertz
— LONDON IS BLUE (@CFCp0mpata) November 13, 2021
We need to stay away
— ken (@wuyi_ken) November 13, 2021
no thanks, just get Hazard back
— Richard Tikman (@RichardTikman) November 13, 2021
I don’t want any bundesliga player at all. Yeah I know havertz won us the UCL but this is not what we expected him he was the one of the best player in bundesliga him and timo now I can’t even remember what else they did for us literally
— CFC-ziizo (@ZiizoCfc) November 13, 2021
No more players from that league🥲🥲
— Neithan ✌✌ (@Neithy_Lekson) November 14, 2021
So haven’t Chelsea learnt their lesson??? The so called German wonder kids struggle in the EPL
— KOY (@kwasioheneyank1) November 14, 2021
Leverkusen again?… Hell no
— jack den (@denning_bj) November 14, 2021
Another Havertz?
— Leslie Kay🇬🇭🔥 (@leslie_kkay) November 14, 2021
No pls
— Local boy (@dmffss) November 14, 2021
We did get ballack and Havertz and I am grateful for it but we may need to stay out of bundesliga…
— afiq (@afiqhzwn_azman) November 14, 2021
It’s slightly unfair to tar every player from the Bundesliga with the same brush but supporters are understandably wary considering past experiences.
Wirtz is undoubtedly a promising young talent, though, with the teenager having put in some superb displays so far this campaign, scoring seven goals in 14 appearances for Leverkusen.
Chelsea will likely continue watching the development of the German to see whether he is worth the €100m (£85m) price tag.
