Kai Havertz recently reflected on his first season at Arsenal, which ended on a positive note despite a rocky start at the Emirates.
The German forward put in significant effort to win over the Arsenal fans, many of whom were initially sceptical of his abilities.
Under Mikel Arteta’s guidance, Havertz has flourished and is now regarded as one of the Premier League’s finest attackers, thanks to his effective deployment in a false nine role.
Despite showing his talent and scoring crucial goals during his time at Chelsea, his overall spell there is often viewed as underwhelming.
Now looking to build on his success with Arsenal, Havertz is also preparing for Euro 2024 with Germany. When asked about his season at the Emirates, he expressed a desire to continue achieving more in an Arsenal shirt and highlighted the hard work and adjustments that led to his successful integration into the team.
He told Ran: “Of course, it wasn’t easy for me at the beginning. I came from Chelsea, one of Arsenal’s biggest rivals, for a big transfer fee to a club that had an outstanding season last season. Fitting in again was very, very difficult for me personally.
“Once I got to know the people a bit and got used to the whole system, it became easier for me. It was also always clear to me that at some point the sun would shine again and that is what happened.
“I gained more confidence and also decided games. And of course that’s always good. That’s why I love it at Arsenal and feel right at home there.”
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Havertz deserves credit for changing the opinion of most of us about him because he was never a popular signing.
The attacker is now one of our teamsheet’s first names and deserves to be considered such an important player.
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like Odegaard, Havertz career has been resurrected at Arsenal, and if, like Odegaard, he continues to grow and accelerate after his first season, then Arsenal and Havertz have something very special here
the way Arsenal finished the season was astonishing, the sort of winning run form when pressure at it’s highest (especially if we compare and contrast to how 2022/23 ended) is the making of a truly elite football team, and Havertz was very clearly a huge part of that turn around
long may it continue
That’s a very insightful post.
Odegaard was seen as a future superstar when he joined RM – but in the end didn’t make it. RM is a graveyard for many players – Odegaard knows it so he should be less likely to be champing at the bit to get there.
On your other point, Arsenal won something like 16 out of the last 18 PL games of the season which would’ve been enough to win the PL almost any other season. But most fans just look for reasons to criticise.
Why not just enjoy being a top team? What did Fulham have to play for at the end of last season? For clubs like them, from the start, it was about avoiding relegation and when they did that, the season was flat.
The sense of entitlement of many Arsenal “fans” never ceases to amaze me.. Plastic doesn’t even begin to describe them.
Has potential to be a Deadly Robin Van Persie.
But too Slow and Languid unlike the Dutchman who was Lethal, Clinical and had Terrific Left Power shot.🙂
We can’t gamble on Havertz or even Sesko to Challenge the Boogeyman team called Man City!😒
We need VICTOR OSIHMEN!!!🙏🙏