I believe Kai Havertz was truly worth £65 million, if his last few appearances have shown us something. Many Premier League fans were perplexed by Arsenal’s recruitment of the German international for such a high fee, given that he had failed to be effective and consistent in three seasons at Chelsea, as he had at Bayer Leverkusen.
Mikel Arteta, on the other hand, saw something in Havertz and thought that, of all the midfielders he might have bought to replace Granit Xhaka, the 24-year-old was the one his midfielder required going forward. Of course, it was necessary for Havertz to adjust and provide what was required of him at Arsenal at the start: Arteta was another manager he had to learn from among the several he had worked under at Chelsea, and that plus the fact that he did not play as a No. 8 as a Blue made it difficult for him to be an instant hit at the Emirates.However, it appears like Arsenaal No. 29 is making a comeback, and here’s why:
He has now scored three goals in his past four games for Arsenal. In his previous 30 club outings, he had only scored one goal. In the league, he averages a goal contribution per 207 minutes (last season, he averaged a goal contribution every 323 minutes).
He averages a goal every 276 minutes. If this trend continues, he could wind up with 10 league goals by the end of the season, which would be fantastic.
He perhaps performed his best game for Arsenal against Luton, generating four chances for his teammates and attempting five shots himself.
All in all, Havertz cannot be labelled a flop; he has scored more Premier League goals this season than Dominik Szoboszlai, Mason Mount, and Jack Grealish combined. I hope he continues to soar.
Daniel O
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Not sure he was worth that back then, but his value may well have appreciated now another last gasp winner with two spirited performances could well send him through the roof.
Remember he’s a German International that already has accomplished much at a tender age
This was yet another case of some fans jumping the gun, simply because he was “another chelsea reject” as they saw it.
No consideration was given to the complete shambles of the club he had just left, the time it takes to bed into a new system (unless your Declan Rice of course), or getting valuable playing time under ones belt… MA took all this into account and it now seems we have a player who is fulfilling the faith put in him.
Yes, we paid too much and he has an obscene salary, but that’s another debate.
He was right in the sights of those who always need a scapegoat to moan about – let’s see how it turns out for the rest of the season shall we?
No it not another debate at all KEN.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RELATED TO HIS ALL ROUND WORTH OR LACK OF WORTH.
All player earn money and get contracts according to their worth to the team and club. MANY ON HERE FIRMLY BELIEVE, MYSELF INCLUDED. that we paid far too much for HAVERTZ and awarded him a crazy wage contract , rivalling Ozils an Aubas in financial STUPIDITY.
Havertz has a very long way to go to prove those of us wrong who thought him way overrated by MA. And still do.
Utter rubbish. Why then do many call Pepe a flop? So 3 goals mean that he has fully justified £65m and £280k p/w? Different strokes for different folks they say
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Not justified it yet, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. He’s looking much better recently, but I do hope this is representative of an upward trend, and not the best of havertz; I’m hoping he’ll continue to get better.