Chelsea manager Frank Lampard insists Kai Havertz has his own unique style.
The 21-year-old, signed for a club-record fee last week, has been compared to Lampard and his former Blues teammate Michael Ballack.
"It is very easy to make those comparisons," Lampard told the club's website. "I know he is hungry to score goals and make assists so I have already had those conversations with him, but I do think we are quite different in our styles.
"Kai can probably start in more forward areas than I started in. I liked to come from deep as a midfield player, and a lot of Kai's really good play in the last few seasons as he has broken through at Leverkusen has been in a slightly advanced no.10 role, or slightly wider areas or more in a striker kind of area of late.
"So I think there are differences in our game and styles but in terms of what we try to bring to the team, it is pretty similar in terms of productivity in goals and assists.
"Michael Ballack was a a good player for us in terms of what he contributed and we have all got really good memories of Bally when he was at the club and what he did for us, but Kai is going to be his own player and his own person.
"He has his own style and he is very unique in terms of that, which really excites me to work with him, in terms of him going forward."
