Former Germany international Rene Adler has offered words of encouragement to Arsenal fans, urging them to maintain their support for Kai Havertz and expressing confidence that the attacker will ultimately excel.
While some Arsenal supporters may have harboured doubts about Havertz’s abilities and questioned the wisdom of his transfer, Adler believes that the German player has the potential to shine. Havertz did score the decisive goal in the 2021 Champions League final, yet his tenure at Chelsea was not consistently spectacular.
The scepticism from some Arsenal fans persists as they wonder why Mikel Arteta brought him to the Emirates, especially considering the strength of the existing squad. Nevertheless, Arteta remains committed to Havertz, and Adler is optimistic that, with time, the player will demonstrate his true worth and justify his acquisition as a valuable signing for the team.
The former goalie said to Sky Germany:
“Kai Havertz will also be up and running soon, even though he’s still having a bit of a hard time getting started and he’s still yet to score his first goal. Don’t worry about that, dear Arsenal fans.
“Even though he still lives in the same city, it is still a different environment at the Gunners, different mechanisms, different expectations and a different system.
“It’s completely normal that it takes a certain amount of time to get there. Now he is suddenly playing in the eight position again; at Chelsea FC he had different roles from coach to coach and was often lined up as a number nine.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Havertz has a long way to go in proving that he can be a top player for the Gunners and it is hard to keep supporting him.
He hardly inspires confidence on the pitch and looks lost in some of our matches.
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Seen this movie before with Willian
The two situations are completely different. Jog on.
They don’t have to be mirror images of each other for the general outcome to be the same Einstein
This is not a time to wait on players to perform. He should play from the bench like Grealish did to have that time to adjust.
He is making things difficult for the team whereas those on the bench could produce immediate results
Xhaka and Viera has proved that Arsenal fans are hasty in condemning players. A couple of goals will help Kai redeem himself before the fans.
People were saying the same about Fabio Vieria last year and now the same people are begging for him to be in the starting line up.
It’s a very simple thing to understand but it seems many fans here are incapable of basic comprehension.
Very few are saying don’t give Havertz time, most are saying give him time but from the bench until he earns his starting roll. If people can’t understand that simple thing, back to school!
Exactly PJ-SA, no one is disputing about harvetz coming good at some point. He received lots of support with the Emirates crowd, we all want him to do well. So far not good enough, let him not be guaranteed a first 11.
You guys don’t blame Arteta for not giving some players enough time, it’s because he doesn’t want to have all of them injured at the same time.
Arteta must be having 65 million reasons for starting Havertz over other better players. Agreed, Havertz has better off ball movement as compared to ESR/Viera/Trossard, but that is no justification to start him over them. He looks lost and doesnt create or defend and he is yet to fit into Arsenal, unlike Rice who has hit the ground running. Considering Arteta has seen something in him which he fails to see in ESR/Viera/Trossard, let us give Havertz the benefit of doubt and give him another 2-3 matches to prove himself. After that I think Arteta will start one of the above mentioned and Havertz can come off the bench to get accustomed to the Arsenal style of play, get adjusted and once he proves himself can again start matches.
I must live in a different universe!!
“very few are saying don’t give Havertz time”!!!
He’s been knocked from pillar to post even before he signed for the club, been made the scapegoat ever since and even had his looks compared to Mesut Ozil as the tirade of abuse continues non stop!
It takes time to get used to MA’ s way of playing (just ask Xhaka or Tierney) especially after coming from such a rag tag and bobtail club like chelsea were last season.
Arteta has improved players like Viera, so why not Havertz?
Yes, he needs to prove he has the right to start and knows that ESR and Viera are ready to go… let MA make the decision and just support the man wearing them jersey.
He missed the ball entirely, in front of the goal!
Imagine lol
Can Vieira play that left 8 role with Zinchenko in mind? Havertz enters the box allowing Zinny to push up into a playmaking position reminiscent of Xhaka and Zinny last season. Havertz is usually on some of our highest stats for touches inside the box. Vieira I’d imagine will pick up similar spaces to Zinny when we have opponents under the Kosh. These guys play in different ways so it’s about Arsenal’s and Arteta’s needs