‘Nowhere near world-class’ – Mikel Arteta told to replace Arsenal star

Arsenal person been told they ‘need’ to regenerate Kai Havertz arsenic helium is ‘nowhere adjacent world-class’ and incapable of taking the Gunners to the Premier League title.

Eyebrows were raised erstwhile Arsenal spent £65m to motion Germany planetary Havertz from Chelsea successful the summertime of 2023.

While Havertz lifted the Champions League astatine Stamford Bridge – and scored the victor successful the last against Manchester City – helium mostly underwhelmed astatine Chelsea pursuing a £72m determination from Bayer Leverkusen.

Havertz took a portion to settee astatine Arsenal but ended up being a cardinal subordinate of Mikel Arteta’s squad past season, making 51 appearances successful each competitions arsenic the Gunners came adjacent to winning the Premier League.

The 25-year-old began this play successful good form, scoring six goals successful his archetypal 10 games, but Havertz’s lone extremity since October 5 came against Championship broadside Preston successful the Carabao Cup.

Ex-Arsenal prima William Gallas inactive has large doubts implicit Havertz and says helium has ‘never ever been the close antheral to instrumentality Arsenal to the Premier League title’.

Gallas believes Havertz is ‘nowhere adjacent world-class’ and indispensable beryllium replaced successful bid for Arsenal to extremity a 21-year hold for the Premier League crown.

Given his reservations astir Havertz, Gallas has urged Arsenal to motorboat an audacious determination for Victor Osimhen, who is presently connected indebtedness astatine Galatasaray from Napoli.

Arsenal were one of a fig of clubs to explicit involvement successful signing Osimhen past summer but the Nigerian ended up staying astatine Napoli and past moving to Turkey connected loan.

‘Kai Havertz has ne'er ever been the close antheral to instrumentality Arsenal to the Premier League title,’ Gallas told Genting Casino.

‘Havertz is simply a bully player, but he’s not apical class. I’m sorry, but he’s obscurity adjacent a world-class level, Arsenal request a subordinate to regenerate him astatine striker.

‘I inactive don’t recognize wherefore Victor Osimhen is astatine Galatasaray, helium needs to play successful the Premier League and helium tin play astatine the apical level astatine Arsenal.

‘It’s hard to recognize shot sometimes, helium played truly good astatine Napoli, past made a determination to Galatasaray, who are a large nine but helium needs to beryllium playing astatine a higher level.

‘Arsenal request a striker similar Osimhen, the nine needs to aftermath up, it’s evident and simple, they request a striker.

‘You request a beardown squad to vie with each other, that’s however Man City and Liverpool enactment astatine specified a precocious level, if you person the aforesaid starting XI each week past the performances level volition drop.

‘All the Man City players are planetary players and adjacent the ones connected the bench, that’s the level Arsenal request to reach.’

Arsenal failed to triumph 4 Premier League games successful a enactment earlier the planetary interruption but returned to winning ways connected Saturday with an impressive and comfy 3-0 triumph implicit Nottingham Forest.

Arteta’s broadside are presently 4th successful the Premier League, 1 constituent down struggling champions Manchester City and 9 points adrift of Liverpool.

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