His name was a trend on Saturday afternoon. It was not for less: Kai Havertz, the talented German midfielder who has the Chelsea, played a great final against him Manchester City by Champions League and crowned his performance with the goal that gave the Blues the title. However, the former Bayer Leverkusen breaks with the mold of the great stars of his generation, such as ultramedia Kylian Mbappit’s the Erling Haaland (who have not yet won the Orejona): Havertz maintains a fairly low profile and stands out for a cause -which has already become a passion- not so common among footballers: animal protectionism. More precisely, the midfielder created a special bond with the donkeys!
Her family tends the donkeys in Aachen, Germany.
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“I have liked donkeys since I was little. It was always my dream to have one and even to have a farm. On a birthday, my parents fulfilled that dream by giving me the gift of caring for two donkeys and then we rescued another one from going to the slaughterhouse. I feel responsible for helping them and spending time with them. It’s great for me to walk alongside a donkey that you know would have died without your help. In the coming years, the protection of animals will be important to me ”, Havertz said in an interview with the official website of Leverkusen, when he turned ten years at the club. Today the German takes his passion to social networks and very often uploads images with the animals he helped.
With Baloo, the puppy she adopted in London.
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In the middle of last year he left the team in which they play Lucas Alario Y Exequiel Palaces y went to Chelsea for 80,000,000 euros, But his passion for caring for donkeys remains intact, even from a distance and with the help of his family. “Now there are four donkeys next to the house where my parents used to live. My parents, my sister and my grandmother are in charge of taking care of them. And they will be receiving more and more in the coming years, “he said a few months ago in a chat with the Chelsea website.
Born and raised in the city of Aachen, in western Germany and very close to the Belgian border, animals were a fundamental part of Havertz’s childhood. “We had many pets in my house … A German shepherd, a cat, rabbits, guinea pigs and, at one time, we had a horse in the garden. This is how my love for animals began”, He revealed. In addition, every weekend, when he had no game, he went with his parents and sister to ride in the woods near their house.
The piano, another of his passions.
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But not everything in his life outside of football is animals, he also developed another hobby: music. And he chose one of the classical instruments to start with … “One of my grandmothers had a grand piano at home that she always used to play. My other grandmother played some songs. At some point my mother asked me if I wanted to learn to play an instrument. I really started with that a few years ago, I took lessons. I try to learn songs. Family, animals and music play a very important role in my life”Said the Chelsea hero.
On a visit to Bayer laboratories.
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And since he could not take his donkeys to London, with his girlfriend they adopted a puppy, since he is against the breeders … It is about Baloo, a golden retriever who breaks it in every post that goes up to Instagram.
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The first time that Havertz made headlines worldwide it was also for something related to the Champions League, although it was not for a great game like the one he played against the Citizens in Portugal but quite the opposite. It was for an unusual reason that marks the training he had since he was a child at home … In March 2017, when he was 17 years old and was finishing high school, Kai could not play the second leg against Atlético Madrid del Cholo Simeone due to having an urgent test! “Havertz has important exams in school,” Leverkusen posted, at the time, along with the disabled list for that game.
The midfielder made history with Chelsea (AP).
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What does unite Havertz with most players his age is another of his hobbies: video games.. “I started at a very young age, playing with my brother on the Playstation 2. We played FIFA 2005. And 15 years later I’m still doing it! I don’t play alone, I like to play with my friends and talk to them through the headset. When we play as a team, everyone is focused. And I sit one meter from TV! ”, He confessed.
