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Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel should start Kai Havertz over £98m man Romelu Lukaku in FA Cup final against Liverpool, says ex-Reds manager Rafa Benitez - who believes German 'brings more mobility' than Belgian striker

Former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez believes Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel should start Kai Havertz up front over Romelu Lukaku for this afternoon's FA Cup final.

Tuchel has tended to prefer the German in a forward role as opposed to Belgian striker Lukaku, who is the club's record signing having returned to the club last summer for £98m from Inter Milan.

Yet writing in The Times, Benitez - who won the Cup in 2006 with Liverpool - insists that Havertz 'brings more mobility' which would trouble Liverpool's centre back pairing, likely to be Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate.