Former Manchester United star Dimitar Berbatov has named Kai Havertz as the player he thinks is most similar to him.
Berbatov enjoyed an impressive career in the Premier League for Tottenham and Manchester United and remains one of the finest attackers both clubs have had.
The Bulgarian also played with Bayer Leverkusen, just like Havertz, before they both moved to the Premier League years apart.
Havertz is beginning to win over Arsenal’s supporters with some consistency of performance after a tough start to life at the club.
Berbatov was asked who he thought was a current player that is similar to him and he said, as quoted by Talk Sport:
“I don’t like comparing, but to answer the question, the first person popping into my mind is Kai Havertz.
“The Leverkusen link, but not because I came from Leverkusen and he came from Leverkusen.
“But he has that way of moving around the pitch and not necessarily in a way that he’s in a hurry.
“He’s watching, he’s studying, he’s taking his time. He has a good touch as well on the ball. So I like him to be honest and I wish him all the best at Arsenal.”
The Sun reveals the admission surprised football fans, with some taking to their social media pages to discuss the lack of comparison between both players.
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Havertz has not had the best of times on our books and will struggle to match the reputation of Berbatov in the Premier League, but in the last few weeks, he has looked very decent.
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Liverpool have rest their big guns, with one eye firmly on the clash’s with Arsenal on Saturday, Jurgen Klopp opts to hold back Salah, Allison, Konate, Alexander-Arnold and Dias from today’s line up.
On second thoughts one has to wonder if Klopp is seeing today’s game at all , he seems to have both eyes on Arsenal, he’s treating it as if it is a derby.
Also Gravenberch too just as I expected Klopp would do.
I think Gravenberch is out injured.
I thought Allison was as well
@Gunsmoke
Brilliant man management…Jus sayin
Talking about one stone killing two birds, he seems to have send a strong message as well.
Total domination with 36 minutes in Liverpool hardly look off the rail, having gone one nil up.
This is a team looking like their pump up, this game have the look of a dry run
Hacertz’s style of play is forgive me for saying this a bit like Ozils was he laid back and doesn’t show emotions on the pitch easily but luckily for AFC unlike Ozil who was arrogant,lazy and sly character Havertz is certainly a hard worker,a team player and his actions on and off the pitch show him to be a nice guy.
If Havertz gets back to his form that he showed in Germany when younger Arteta has pulled a rabbit out of the hat again……
Fingers 🤞 crossed
Stan I cant understand WHY you ask us to forgive you for simply stating tthe truth.
OZIL WAS INDEED a sly, underhand conning player who was blessed wirth sublime ability butalso cursed with a total lack of morals and a bone idle gene inhis nature that meant he was a disastrous buy for us and he lived on his early reputation for years.
He also brainwashed his foolish Gooner fan club, who still worshipped the player he had once been, long after he had already effectively “retired”, even while still wearing our shirt and appearing in games.
His wilfully blind “fan club” failed to see and did not want to see or admit even to themselves, the OBVIOUS LAZINESS and total lack of character in him. HAVERTZ,though still to convince me for just one, is starting to look half decent- I go no further than THAT as yet- but the ONLY comparison with OZIL is their shared nationality. Thank goodness too!!
I was genuinely overjoyed the day he FINALLY, years too late, left our club.
Just leave Ozil alone he helped us win several FA if u don’t remember.
@Stan Adams
Havertz wish he were of Ozils caliber…Jus sayin
Utter nonsense!!
Such a blessed relief that HAVERTZ is plainly NOT of Ozils lack of moral fibre and cunning idleness!
Oh dear
@jon fox
We’re referring to footballing ability here Nigel Farage.. I could care less about his morals…Jus sayin 😁
I thought this was a post about Berbatov making comparisons between himself and Havertz, yet every single one has been completely off topic.😜😜😜
Anyways, I don’t think Kai is anywhere near that standard, and if he was, then we wouldn’t be looking for a new goalscorer would we!
Comparison with ozil or berbatov is off the rail for me mainly due to the fact that he’s an aggressive player strange though considering his stature but he did lot of dirty work on the field than both players while both players are more skilled than his. He will continue to divide opinion though due to his lackadaisical nature just like ozil but his aggressiveness is obvious to the eyes that want to see it. Ozil might not be as aggressive but he contributed his quota and to me the last of a dying breed of players skillful, creative, intelligent, decisive and entertaining but not so much defensively oriented…… But he created memories in the mind of some gunners fan and since his departure we haven’t had such a creative genius…