Mikel Arteta in agreement with Frank Lampard over Arsenal's 'talented boy'

Kai Havertz enactment Arsenal successful beforehand against PSG for an important Champions League triumph and near his existent brag and erstwhile caput manager suitably impressed with his all-round performance

Mikel Arteta has heaped praise connected Kai Havertz aft the Germany prima played a important relation successful Arsenal ’s convincing Champions League triumph implicit Paris Saint-Germain.

Havertz scored the opening extremity successful the Gunners’ 2-0 triumph with Frank Lampard, the caput manager who brought him to England, watching pitchside.

And Arteta said that helium was arsenic thrilled by the 25-year-old’s all-round show astatine the Emirates.

“So almighty but arsenic good truthful intelligent,” Arteta said. “The mode helium occupies the spaces, the mode helium connects everything together, his enactment ethic and present he’s astir the container and you person the feeling that he’s going to people a goal.

“The extremity was superb, I deliberation wide the show was arsenic bully arsenic from him, truthful truly pleased with that.”

Former Chelsea brag Lampard - moving arsenic a pundit for Amazon Prime - admitted that erstwhile Havertz arrived astatine Stamford Bridge nary 1 was definite of his champion position.

But aft plentifulness of disapproval during his spell astatine Chelsea - contempt scoring a Champions League last winning extremity against Manchester City nether Thomas Tuchel - Lampard is blessed to spot Havertz increasing into a much wide heralded player.

“I brought him to Chelsea a bully fewer years agone now, helium was a young player,” Lampard said. “I deliberation erstwhile helium came to Chelsea it wasn't rather clear. He was a precise talented player, his presumption wasn't rather clear.

“He'd been a No8, much of a midfield player, he'd been a No.9 and we ne'er got to the extremity of his communicative astatine Chelsea. What was his champion position?

"The religion that Mikel Arteta has shown successful him successful bringing him to the nine and the religion that he's stuck with him... due to the fact that I've got immoderate Arsenal friends and erstwhile helium archetypal signed determination were immoderate question marks, similar ‘what is helium like?’

“I said ‘no spot maine he's a talented boy, helium volition turn into the Premier League ’ and I deliberation he's done that. He's a truly relaxed lad, precise casual going but I deliberation determination is simply a small streak beneath that wherever helium wants to bash well. He volition beryllium frustrated due to the fact that helium is conscionable a lad who wants to bash well.”

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