First photos as Havertz reveals what he most admires about Arsenal
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ai Havertz has revealed his “excitement” after lastly finishing his long-awaited £65million switch from Chelsea to Arsenal.
The German forward was officially unveiled as Mikel Arteta’s first signing of an enormous summer time recruitment push on Wednesday, signing a long-term contract having swapped west for north London.
Havertz, who will continue to wear the No29 shirt, is anticipated to be adopted via the doorway door on the Emirates Stadium by Declan Rice, with Arsenal now having reached an agreement in principle with West Ham over a mammoth £105m deal for the England midfielder.
The Gunners are additionally working to spice up their defence with a deal for versatile Netherlands worldwide Jurrien Timber at Ajax.
Arsenal are eager to get their main switch enterprise executed early this summer time to allow them to totally put together for what they hope might be one other Premier League title tilt subsequent time period as additionally they return to the Champions League for the primary time because the 2016-17 marketing campaign.
“It’s super exciting for me personally,” Havertz instructed Arsenal’s official web site having signed on the dotted line in Marbella, the place he’s at the moment having fun with a post-season vacation on Spain’s Costa del Sol following worldwide obligation with Germany.
“I’m so glad to join this amazing club. This club has such a big history, and I hope we we can achieve lots of things, and I’m just looking forward to meeting all the players, the staff, and yeah, it’s going to be exciting.”
While Havertz sometimes performed as a striker throughout three up-and-down years at Chelsea following his £75m swap from Bayer Leverkusen that included the profitable aim within the 2021 Champions League remaining towards Manchester City in Porto, Arteta recognises his versatility and may frequently opt to deploy the 24-year-old in a deeper midfield function subsequent season alongside captain Martin Odegaard.
Asked about his former battles with Arsenal whereas sporting Blue, Havertz claimed the membership’s “family mentality” was one thing he clearly admires.
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“I think the family mentality that the team has on the pitch is one of the reasons why it so hard to play against Arsenal,” he mentioned.
“I suppose they’ve it off the pitch as properly. So the staff mentality within the squad could be very, very excessive and you’ll really feel that. Obviously there’s so many gifted gamers and there’s massive room to attain massive issues as properly.”
Scroll via the gallery on the prime of the web page to see the primary official photos of Kai Havertz in an Arsenal shirt!