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'Top players remain valuable because there are not many of them': Bayer Leverkusen chief insists Kai Havertz's value will not fall due to coronavirus crisis as German side prepare to lose their star man this summer

Bayer Leverkusen chief executive Fernando Carro is expecting Kai Havertz's transfer value not to fall this summer, despite the implications of the coronavirus crisis.

Football is bracing itself for a period of uncertainty once the game can resume after the global pandemic has shut down almost every league across the world.

While players are not playing matches, it has been claimed that their transfer values will fall significantly with German-based website transfermarkt predicting the values of Premier League squads have dropped by more than £1.6billion as a result.

Kai Havertz looks set to leave Bayer Leverkusen this summer but they still expect a top price

Havertz was expected to make a big-money move away from Leverkusen this summer with a host of top Premier League and foreign clubs interested.