Former Arsenal defender William Gallas has shared his thoughts on Kai Havertz’s difficulties at the Emirates and emphasised the importance of new signings making an immediate impact, especially when they come with a hefty price tag.
Havertz, who joined Mikel Arteta’s team from Chelsea in the last transfer window, has encountered challenges in finding his footing at the Emirates thus far.
Despite receiving ample playing time, his performance has been less than impressive, which is a cause for concern. While Arteta has publicly supported his attacker, it’s clear that the Spaniard must be apprehensive about Havertz’s showings in several games.
Gallas has never been entirely convinced about the transfer and maintains that players must demonstrate their value almost immediately after joining a new club.
The Frenchman said, as quoted by The Sun:
“I don’t think Arsenal should have signed Kai Havertz. I think that was a mistake. If you spent £60million on a striker, you expect them to score at least 15 goals in a season! I don’t think that’ll happen
“Arsenal don’t have time! The season may be long, but clubs need results straight away.
“Havertz was at Chelsea for three years and knows the Premier League well.
“It may take a while to settle into a new team, but he already lived in London!
“Players need to adapt immediately – they don’t have time.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Havertz joined us with a big reputation, having scored in a Champions League final, so we expect more from him.
He has not made a good start, but he still has time and must come good before this season ends.
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This guy was a mistake. Period
Still early days but the signs so far look ominous. The guy simply seems to have no oomph and no desire. Shades of lazyitis Ozil!
You can’t seriously put Havertz and Ozil in the same sentence. There are academy players who, in all frankness would put Havertz to shame.
I just mentioned in my earlier post, he is not even in Pepe’s class. So it’s inexplicable how he can possible invoke memories of Ozil in your mind.
A did predicted, he would return to life between seven to nine games.
Gallas is spot on. No matter how hard Arteta or anyone tries to build Havertz and his performances in the media, his performances will always go against their narrative. Every time he plays, the question will always be asked; ‘why did Arsenal, without any competition from any quarter pay £60 million for this player?, Why did Edu and the board sanction the deal?’ Havertz can’t even be put on par with Pepe, who was only let to go because of intolerable inconsistency in ARTETA’s eyes. Actually when he did perform, Pepe was unplayable. He was a victim of his own high standards. What yardstick do we even employ in the case of Havertz? Where do we look? 3 years with Chelsea; same league, same city, over a 1/4 of the league games played and still nothing to show except a heavy, dangling tag of £60mil around his knock!! Is this mystery going to be with us for the next 5 seasons?