Piers Morgan has acknowledged being impressed with Kai Havertz’s recent performances, admitting that the German midfielder’s displays are making him reconsider his earlier criticism.
Morgan had been vocal in his criticism of Havertz’s signing, arguing that Arsenal should have invested the money in acquiring a striker rather than bringing in the German midfielder. Havertz joined Arsenal as a replacement for Granit Xhaka, who had a stellar season previously, creating substantial expectations for the new signing.
Having played in various positions at Chelsea, Havertz was tasked with a midfield role at Arsenal. Initially facing challenges, he has continued to earn playing time due to the trust placed in him by manager Mikel Arteta. Arteta is convinced that Havertz will prove to be a valuable signing, and recent performances suggest that Havertz is gradually proving his sceptics wrong at the Emirates.
He bagged a fine solo goal in Arsenal’s last match against Burnley, and Morgan admitted on Twitter:
“Great performance, Kai.. you’re making a lot of critics, including me, eat our words.”
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Havertz is beginning to show remarkable form, and the German is a player we like to see doing his thing on the field nowadays.
Well done Kai and Mikel for changing the views of those who didn’t give the player a chance at our club.
Don’t let those of us who wanted you to succeed though Kai – Onward and Upward as AB says.
He’s super impressive!
Seems Piers Morgan is a man after all, not many grown ups can man up, and admitting to eating their words.
The Big German has played a blinder in the two games prior to Burnley without actually scoring, now he follows up with solo goal against ‘the Clarets’
I had been persistent in my calls for Havertz to play up top instead of the midfield role. In both of Arsenal’s early-season games (the Community Shied and the EPL game at the Emirates) against City, he was a thorn in their flesh and contributed to our two victories.
Against Liverpool in the FA Cup game, Havertz played upfront and Klopp confessed afterwards that his team found it difficult to deal with that.
So I still think we’ll get the best of Havertz if he continues to play as anumber nine
If Mr Morgan was given a chance to manage Arsenal, he get rid of Saka and Martinelli for failing to score in two consecutive games. Arsenal fans should learn from the past. Take for instance Xhaka who is about to win the Bundesliga, Adebayor, who left for City and later won a trophy with Madrid among others. Everyone deserves a second chance.
Arsenal didn’t ‘get rid of’ Xhaka or Adebayor, who both left because they wanted to, like many other of our top players, but I can’t think of any who’ve been ‘got rid’ who’ve been successful with new clubs.
Jax,
You made the important distinction between leaving or being dispensed with. The often mentioned Guendouzi is a prime example of a person wasting their talent
So one question sue . Would u rather have Esr career or guendozi ?
ESR
@Big14
That is why Mikel is the manager and Morgan is a journalist who has lost two jobs in the last 5 years. ITV and Talk TV.
ESR every time.His career has stalled due to injuries whilst Guendouzi was simply an arrogant misguided fool.
ESR has character and to me is infinitely better than the childish Guendouzi. I sincerely hope that Emile overcomes his injury issues. He is person you want to have in the squad.
MG had a golden opportunity at Arsenal and it looked from the outside as though he thought he was the bees knees. I’m not surprised he upset Arteta who didn’t want to create more problems than already existed within the club. Unity is an important factor in being successful
A true Arsenal fan✊
On the subject of midfielders, I was very impressed with Sambi Lokonga against Man Utd yesterday.He showed great skill and composure on the ball and was highly effective in his defensive duties which was an area of weakness when he arrived at Arsenal.While he will never be a Thomas Partey he could certainly be a solution to replacing Elneny and/or Jorjinho when they leave.I may be wrong but he does not seem to be as lightweight as he was at Palace of perhaps it just the fact that he is now fully match fit after a string of matches under his belt.
I had Sambi down as a weak signing. I hope you are right, Grandad as a fitter and stronger player he could – like you think – have a career at Arsenal after all.
Indeed Grandad Sambi has looked decent for Luton for a while now. He could well save Arsenal the need to get another midfielder as a squad player. In the event he isn’t retained,he’ll likely command a decent fee due to his performances this season- it’s a win win in any case for the club.
@ Grandad
Agree with you on this one.
He was also relentless in getting back and saved a certain goal from Garnacho had he not thrown his leg out.
A good squad member and maybe a Jorginho replacement.
Sambi is a great talent and am sure Mikel is closely monitoring his progress at Luton where he is regularly getting game time, I hope we see the Saliba success after coming back from loan replayed in Sambi, if it works out then Arsenal will save a lot of money as they will use him to add numbers to our defensive midfield.
Havertz does well in the midfield and with Trossard as false no.9, I think it allows Havertz more freedom and space to do his job. I think Havertz can still improve and do much better. Great for Arsenal to have multiple options.
Jax,Mateo is doing well.
Where though sshadrach?
Not Olympic Marseilles anymore but at Lazio. OM had him out on loan to Hertha Berlin and then Lazio on loan too. Not exactly somewhere better than Arsenal I’d say
Just read an article concerning AMN at OM and it seems he’s certainly doing the business over there in France.
Great point from Grandad, along with the follow ups, about Lokonga – could be some of us (including me) might be apologising for having got the player wrong!?
That defensive block, as mentioned by Indian Gunner, was straight out of Saliba’s book of first class defending.
By the way, how on earth did Casemero (?) stay on the pitch at that game? United bias once again?