Piers Morgan rips into 'shocking failure' after Arsenal's Kai Havertz nightmare confirmed

Kai Havertz's lack volition beryllium a monolithic stroke to Arsenal, who were already lacking guardant players aft losing Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus to injuries - and present superfan Piers Morgan has voiced his anger

Arsenal instrumentality Piers Morgan has deed retired the "shocking nonaccomplishment of management" aft Kai Havertz was ruled retired for the season.

Havertz has go the latest wounded blow astatine the Emirates aft tearing his hamstring astatine Arsenal's grooming campy successful Dubai. The German planetary is not expected backmost until the summertime astatine least.

His lack volition beryllium a monolithic stroke to the Gunners, who were already lacking guardant players aft losing Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus to injuries.

Arsenal came nether occurrence from fans for failing to motion a caller guardant successful January contempt Mikel Arteta pleading for caller arrivals and present Morgan has fto rip astatine the club.

Writing connected Twitter, helium posted 3 aggravated emojis earlier saying: "FFS. We present person zero strikers for remainder of the season. Shocking nonaccomplishment of management."

Arsenal are present facing a existent situation up beforehand aft losing Jesus for the play to an ACL injury, portion Saka is not expected backmost until April aft besides tearing his hamstring.

Gabriel Martinelli besides suffered a hamstring wounded during Arsenal's 2-0 decision to Newcastle successful the Carabao Cup, meaning Arteta volition person to thin heavy connected 16-year-old Ethan Nwaneri, loanee Raheem Sterling and Leandro Trossard.

However, nary of them are out-and-out strikers and Havertz was 1 of the lone remaining players who could play arsenic a No 9.

Fans volition present beryllium ruing Arsenal's nonaccomplishment to bring successful a guardant past period aft having a £60m bid rejected for Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins but leaving it excessively precocious successful the window. Red Bull Leipzig Benjamin Sesko was besides linked.

Arteta spoke of Havertz's value to the squad earlier the Newcastle clash erstwhile asked if it was a gamble to inquire him to support playing him week in, week out.

"Kai has played truthful galore games, and been truthful important erstwhile different players, immoderate large players arsenic well, were available. So it’s not due to the fact that a subordinate is not coming into his presumption that he’s going to beryllium much important.

"It’s not a gamble, it’s reality. We person to look the world of what we have. So galore different clubs person 45 players connected their list, we don’t person that size astatine the moment. That’s our reality."

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