The arrival of Kai Havertz at Arsenal caught many fans by surprise, as the German’s profile didn’t seem to align with the team’s immediate needs.
However, since taking charge as manager, Mikel Arteta has shown a penchant for making unexpected moves, and he strongly believes that Havertz is the right player for the role he has envisioned.
During his time at Chelsea, Havertz demonstrated his versatility by playing in various positions and even played a key role in their Champions League triumph. However, integrating him into Arsenal’s system poses its challenges.
Nonetheless, Arteta is adamant that he will utilise Havertz effectively, and the club has successfully secured his services.
Now, Arsenal’s focus is on maximising Havertz’s potential and extracting the best performances from him. Yet, there may be some uncertainty among observers, such as Kieran Gibbs, regarding where Havertz will be deployed and the impact he will have on the team.
He said via Metro Sport:
‘A £70 million signing is a signature signing. For that, I want someone who when things are going bad he’s going to put the team on his back and say don’t worry boys I’ve got this. At first sight, I don’t see it. Right now, I don’t see it.
‘That role he’s going to play it is basically a replacement for Xhaka and that’s where I think Mikel sees him.
‘The Havertz we’ve seen before, we’ve just not seen it. I don’t know if he’s physical enough to be in there, I don’t know if he’s got the ability to use his body in situations to get out of trouble or the technical ability to play in tight areas.’
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The most important factor in the decision to sign Havertz is Arteta’s approval, we trust our manager’s judgement.
The Spaniard is one of the finest managers in Europe and we believe he will bring out the best in Havertz when the campaign begins.
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Everyone is in shock and confused about this Havertz transfer. Came out of nowhere and the most shocking thing about it is the amount we spent on it (£65 million). After a poor time he has had at Chelsea.
But as always, Arteta is the manager his decisions are what will determine his fate. So I will just wait and see.
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He hasn’t even got on the pitch yet
I think it is a surprise for many. Harvetz has several attributes that should make him a top class player. However, his years at Chelsea have been somewhat underwhelming.
If Arteta is able to help him develop his talents Arsenal could become even more devastating in attack.
Agree Kieran, i don’t see Haverz carrying the team on his back.
Kieran Gibbs? Oh yes, I just about remember him! Some vague, remote, long ago connection to our club, if I remember correctly.
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Let leave this boy alone so he can focus on the task ahead .people should remember our former player henry when he was signed from juventus he didnt do well there but when he was signed with Arsenal he surprised everybody maybe this boy story will bring joy to the team
But Henry didn’t come at a crazy fee under wenger
Considering he was bought for £10.5 million in 1999, taking into account inflation and the general nature of player costs today, that fee would have been more like £90 million.
Interesting point that is often overlooked. Certain football finance analysts have looked at TH’s transfer and they too have arrived at a “corrected” figure similar to yours. Suggests that even back then Wenger was buying players at quite hefty transfer fees.
Evidently, it was still necessary to identify and then develop that talent.
Same with DB10, look how they both turned out.
I bet people didn’t think ode was going to carry the time an after his 30 million price tag either did they. Matter of fact is there’s still a lot of summer left and we don’t know if there’s anymore outgoings. we are back in the champions league and we need a bigger squad.
People crying about a new striker, but perhaps arteta isn’t going to let Balagun or Eddie leave, let’s just wait and see what happens and stop judging a player Chelsea played out of position.
Havertz is a great midfielder.
It will be indeed interesting to see how Arteta best uses Havertz and how much Havertz can benefit from Arsenal’s system. He will be surrounded by technically good players and this can help him flourish specially since Arsenal is a possession based system stressing on attack.
Nobofy could indeed imagine arsenal would move for kai, especially the fee we spent for him. Still, i believe he stands a greatr chance of proving his worth. Mind you arteta is not just looking at the EPL frst 11, we also have cups and a championship we will challenge this coming season and if he place these players accordingly, surely we will move a step ahead.