Arsenal star Kai Havertz withdraws from Germany squad through injury

Tom OlverPublished Oct 6, 2024, 1:32pm|Updated Oct 6, 2024, 1:36pm

The German nationalist squad person confirmed that Kai Havertz has been forced to propulsion retired of their squad owed to a genu problem.

Havertz has been 1 of Arsenal’s standout players astatine this aboriginal signifier of the season, with the 25-year-old appearing successful each Premier League crippled portion racking up 4 goals and 1 assist.

The guardant scored the Gunners’ important equaliser against Southampton connected Saturday and remained connected the transportation for the afloat 90 minutes astatine the Emirates.

But Germany person replaced Havertz successful their squad for the side’s upcoming Nations League matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Netherlands, with Mainz attacker Jonathan Burkardt called up successful his place.

Havertz has enjoyed a remarkably cleanable measure of wellness since joining Arsenal but has struggled with genu problems successful the past, successful 2017, 2018 and past twelvemonth erstwhile helium was inactive with Chelsea.

‘Kai Havertz volition miss the upcoming planetary matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Netherlands owed to genu problems,’ a connection connected Germany’s authoritative X leafage read.

‘National manager Julian Nagelsmann nominated Jonathan Burkardt successful Havertz’s place. Get good soon, Kai!

‘We look guardant to seeing you, Jonathan!’

The severity of Havertz’s occupation remains uncertain and MIkel Arteta volition beryllium hoping the German’s withdrawal is conscionable a precaution.

Arsenal person besides been without Martin Odegaard, Mikel Merino, Ben White, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Oleksandr Zinchenko successful caller weeks done injury.

It had been hoped that White could instrumentality to afloat fittingness to look the Saints this play but the defender was not included successful Arteta’s matchday squad.

However, Tomiyasu was named connected the substitutes seat and came connected for Thomas Partey successful the closing stages successful northbound London.

On Odegaard’s imaginable return, Arteta explained: ‘It’s precise difficult.

‘I expected inactive with the footwear and a batch of things and he’s moving truthful hard and is feeling bully and is pushing it truthful it’s hard to springiness a timeline.’

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