Laura Woods insists she is one of the fans who firmly trust Mikel Arteta to take Arsenal back to the top of English football and she ‘trusts the process’ as he has always preached.
She reiterated this after Arteta added Kai Havertz to the Arsenal squad, a transfer that seems to cause some confusion with the Arsenal fan base, with many of them expecting the German to flop.
Havertz is not one of the best players in England, but Arsenal has spent good money to add the German to their squad and Woods believes Arteta will field him in the right spot, just like Joelington has been transformed at Newcastle.
She said to TNT Sport:
“I think with Havertz, he’s not a striker and I think you’ve got to play him in the right position.
“If Arteta thinks that might be midfield, I’m fully trusting of Arteta. I’ve always been an Arteta, trust the process disciple.
She then added
“So if he’s picked him out and thought, ‘You know what, let’s pop him in midfield’, we’ve seen things like this happen in the Premier League before, like Joelinton.
“Wasn’t very good up front, you drop him back a little bit and all of a sudden you’ve got this incredible new-born player.
“So we might have that with Havertz but to be honest, I actually thought he was great at Chelsea so I’m excited about that.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Arteta has hardly made a bad signing since he became the manager of Arsenal, so he has built enough credit for us to trust him and his decisions.
The gaffer will be working hard to ensure Havertz succeeds, which also involves finding the perfect spot for him on the team.
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Gooner Laura was always the best thing about TalkSport and even when showing support has never overhyped us, so to hear her talk so positively of Havertz is welcome when most pundits & journalists are quick to criticize.
Laura Woods always talks sense, a true gooner pundit not afraid to say it.
She’s gorgeous ain’t she???
Havertz is our plan B striker as well as our attacking midfielder in a game, please take note.I see him notching nothing less than 15 pl goals. 😎
“ Arteta has hardly made a bad signing since he became the manager of Arsenal”
😂😂
Maybe 12 of his 27 signings might make you change your mind Martin ,then again probably not 😂
Oh and another Talk shite presenter given her views on Arsenal ,cringe
Laura Woods was a first class presenter on Talksport and is sadly missed by me. Had just enough jokiness, good sense of humour and she knew her stuff.
The station is doing much better at upping its standards during the day time at least and is encouraging more female pundits and roles. It’s no longer a load of blokes only talking mindless drivel on one subject which was football with a smattering of Keith Arthur on fishing at the weekend. It’s much improved and much more inclusive