What does Kai Havertz do, and why did Arsenal sign him for 70 million pounds? Do you thing it's worth it ?
I would say I am 'on the fence' with this but for the fact Arsenal paid so much money for him and now he is amongst the highest paid at the club -essentially Arsenal simply agreed to pay him his present wages which was a dreadful decision.
If we had signed Havertz for a bargain price, say 20 million pounds and dropped his wages, okay, a fairly good squad addition.
But, Arteta went on a personal bender regarding Havertz, he personally drove the acquisition. Everyone who backs Arteta keeps saying give him a chance...but Chelsea gave him three years under three managers and nothing worked. Everyone could see that.
My problem is this - Arteta has now put himself in the (stupid) position of having to prove Hazertz was worth it when players who were real gems, such as James Madison, Moussa Diaby and Kudus, all of whom Arsenal could have used went for 20 million pounds less to other teams. They are already proving their value and Havertz generally looks like a lump disrupting the team.
My best guess is that Havertz will perform exactly as he did at Chelsea. He will have an isolated game where he looks great, scores a goal and bosses the field, and that will be followed by several games where he might as well not be on the pitch. It is not that he is lazy (stats show that he works around the pitch) but the problem has been end result...does he assist and does he score? No where near enough for a player of his value and supposed caliber.
All Arsenal fans want Havertz to succeed as Arteta paid so much for him...but...most fear he will turn out to be mediocre at best. The fact is no one, and I mean no one before the transfer window suggested buying Havertz (the idea was laughable) and if he does not improve this will look bad on Arteta, with several other things not sitting well already.
Arteta needs to get things right against United or there will be a serious amount of discontent brewing.
