Kai Havertz indicators for Arsenal in £65m assertion of intent from Mikel Arteta
The German striker has crossed the capital on a long-term contract after rapidly agreeing to modify golf equipment when the Gunners’ curiosity emerged earlier in the summertime, and finishing a medical over the weekend.
“It’s super exciting for me to be joining this amazing club and to be part of the Arsenal family. This club has such a big history, and I hope we can achieve lots of things,” Havertz advised Arsenal’s official web site.
“The mentality in the Arsenal squad is very high and you can feel that. That was one of the reasons why it has been so hard to play against Arsenal recently.
“The aim is to win trophies and I’m going to give everything to do that for the supporters and everyone at the club. I’m now looking forward to meeting all the players and the staff when we come back for pre-season.”
Mikel Arteta believes he can coax out the 24-year-old’s full potential in his pursuit to as soon as once more problem Manchester City for the Premier League title subsequent time period.
Havertz scored at a price of worse than a purpose each 4 video games for Chelsea, which represented a decline on his numbers at Bayer Leverkusen, though his winner within the 2021 Champions League remaining inserted him into Blues folklore without end.
Arteta is known to prize his versatility, believing Havertz can play both throughout the frontline as he did at Chelsea or in midfield as a No8 alongside Martin Odegaard.
“Kai is a player of top quality,” mentioned Gunners boss Arteta. “He has great versatility and is an intelligent player. He will bring a huge amount of extra strength to our midfield and variety to our play.
“We welcome Kai and his family to Arsenal Football Club and we are all excited to start working with him when we start pre-season training soon.”
Arsenal sporting director Edu added: “We’re excited to bring Kai to the club and great work by everyone to get this deal complete. Kai is an exciting addition to our squad, who will bring great attacking quality and versatility.
“As an experienced 24-year-old, his signing represents another important step in strengthening our young core of talented players we have at Arsenal. We look forward to working with Kai.”
Arsenal are anticipated to keep up a major switch push after this primary deal of the summer season. A £105million price with West Ham is now agreed for Declan Rice after Manchester City withdrew from the race and the Gunners are additionally working arduous to signal Ajax defender Jurrien Timber.