Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is confident that new boy Kai Havertz will be a hit at Stamford Bridge.

Havertz had an underwhelming debut against Brighton, but speaking to Chelsea’s official site, Lampard said:

“I know he has great talent and I have seen that in the first week that he has been here.

“It is important to be clear that before the Brighton game he had trained for four or five days and two or three of those were the build up to a game, when you can’t even work that hard.

“The fitness levels for Kai were very difficult and they are only going to get better and they will get better very quickly.

“I have certainly seen big parts of his talent and the same as with Timo, I have no doubt the impact he is going to have here as a Chelsea player.”

Lampard also provided some background information about the signing of the German youngster.

“I was able to have some conversations with Kai as the buying process happened,” Lampard says.

“I did as much watching of him as a player as I could and by that time Timo Werner had arrived at the club and Timo and Kai are pretty close, so I could ask him quite a lot about Kai. They play in the national team together so we had some very good background on him, and I was very struck by the first conversations I had with Kai, by his humility and how he is as a person.”

The Blues boss explained why humility is a characteristic he especially loves in players.

“It comes with the idea that they just want to improve and come here and be a success. I know he has great talent and I have seen that in the first week that he has been here.”