Can you really give him that
It’s bare minimum for a professional footballer
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I’m not celebrating it at all but there was a stigma that he was a lazy player. Not based on what he’s shown so far for Arsenal.
Speak for yourself. I’m personally using old CIA tech from MK Ultra to make sure he knows.
Don’t want to start a pile on, however, one of the biggest reserbations I had with Havertz is the question of whether he is a consistenlty good player, his time at Chelsea gives evidence to support the assertion that he is not and when you’re trying to beat the juggernaught that is City to the title you need someone to at least give you 7/10 every game. Time will tell but I’m far from convinced he is that kind of player.
Additionally, I thought that he is better with the ball at his feet. He seems to be mediocre in possession and passing particularly short incicsive passes and through the lines.
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Oh come on dude, you’re literally one of the first people to always come in here and criticise him. 
Havertz as an 8 is turning out to be the worst of both world which some predicted it might be.
No attacking upside and massive build up play downside.
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Am I? I wouldn’t say so lol
Best use of £65m?
Hologram Havertz.
Having him on the pitch is like playing with ten men.
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At least Havertz is consistent.
To continue this form, almost exactly as it was in all his seasons at Chelsea, is quite an achievement.
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Such a strange decision and such a long shot to spend 65M on a weird forward and expect him to deliver on a position he never played before and not to spend that money on a more obvious option.
Doesn’t look good at all on Arteta. Seems he got overconfident and ahead of himself over this one.
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Bet Chelsea couldn’t believe their luck when we took him off their hands at that price.
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seems like Arteta has no problem.
Only fans have problems with that.
65m, need immediate performance, need certain goals and assists.
Its not looking good bruv
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Decision to bring in Havertz and play him as #8 reminds me of Guardiola overthinking things in CL, trying to look smarter than everyone else and in the end it bites your tail
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Hope is that Odegaard was once looked at as someone not quite up to it
Issue is you can’t always see players come out the other side as a truly top player, the outlay on Havertz would have been enough to put me off both in terms of fee and wage. If we secured him at a cut price perhaps but there was always a potential bust factor with him.
Right now he isn’t playing well enough to command a starting spot and has already lost his place, Arteta and the coaching staff have their work cut out for them on this one. Its a signing thart really can’t fail considering he was the only attacking signing and they went balls to the wall to sign him
Hope we’re looking back at this thread by end of the season and joke about it
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Think Arteta needs to take the L on this one. Huge misfire, never should’ve bought him.
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people said the same about viera and a year later he is looking a lot better than he did. Give him a season to adapt and see…i think if we can get him back to his bundesliga days we will have a decent player.
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fans are on “Havertz” watch every single game, magnifying his performance “play by play”, and not even willing to give him a “period of time”, like a few months, half a season or so to judge.
One bad play there, he is bad, Arteta takes a L, terrible transfer, waste of money.
Short sighted.