Arsenal weighing up late transfer to signal £80m star after Eze

We’re only one week into the Premier League season, and Arsenal have already got a big damage setback.

Information broke yesterday afternoon that, after solely simply recovering from his hamstring damage that dominated him out of half of final season, Kai Havertz is out with a knee drawback.

It isn’t clear what the precise damage is, however it appears just like the German shall be out of motion for a while, which isn’t what Mikel Arteta wants with a visit to Liverpool arising.

Nevertheless, there’s some excellent news for the Arsenal devoted, because the membership are being linked with a global star who may very well be the supervisor’s subsequent Havertz.

Arsenal goal their subsequent Havertz

It has been an fascinating summer time for Arsenal thus far this 12 months, as only a few weeks in the past, following Viktor Gyokeres’ arrival, spirits had been excessive.

Nevertheless, the sentiment within the fanbase took a nosedive this morning, primarily right down to the information that Eberechi Eze regarded nearly sure to be heading to rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

Unsurprisingly, this temper was not helped by the Havertz replace, though Arsenal have acted rapidly to present supporters one thing to sit up for with the Gunners extremely hijacking Spurs’ bid to signal Eze, now agreeing a transfer themselves.

Eze hasn’t been the one Premier League attacker on the membership’s radar. In accordance with a latest report from the Solar, which has claimed Arsenal are nonetheless very desirous about Morgan Rogers.

The report has revealed that the Gunners are actually ‘weighing up a dramatic swoop’ for the Aston Villa star, who’s valued at round £80m.

It goes on to say that whereas the North Londoners had been already preserving tabs on the Englishman, the damage to Havertz has solely ‘elevated the chance’ that the membership will return into the market.

It is some huge cash to spend on one participant, however Rogers is an outrageously proficient participant and can be greater than value it, particularly as he may very well be Arteta’s new Havertz.

How Rogers can be Arteta’s new Havertz

So, the very first thing to say is that, sure, Rogers and Havertz haven’t performed in the identical place during the last couple of seasons.

Nevertheless, whereas that isn’t the first foundation of this comparability, there are a number of different similarities that counsel the Englishman may very well be Arteta’s new model of the German.

For instance, whereas we’re on the subject of positions, they each share the trait of being versatile and enjoying the place their managers need them to.

Within the case of the Villa star, he is spent a lot of his time on the membership shifting between attacking midfield and each wings and has even spent just a little little bit of time up high, which could come in useful in the meanwhile.

The previous Chelsea ace, however, has primarily frolicked main the road, however was initially a left eight when he arrived in North London, and even spent a while on the correct final season.

The opposite key similarity is that, if this switch goes by on the worth reported, it could be one other huge signing from a fellow Premier League facet, and one that’s difficult the European locations.

Lastly, each gamers are actually full internationals, and whereas the previous Bayer Leverkusen participant has way more senior caps to his identify, that might be anticipated given the age hole.

With all that stated, there’s one other huge motive why Arsenal ought to be doing all they will to signal the previous Middlesbrough gem: his output.

For instance, in his 54 appearances throughout all competitions final season, totalling 4496 minutes, the Halesowen-born “machine,” as dubbed by The Athletic’s Jacob, scored 14 objectives and offered 16 assists.

Meaning the customarily “unstoppable” midfielder, as dubbed by former Liverpool defender turned pundit Jamie Carragher, was capable of common a aim involvement each 1.8 video games, or each 149.86 minutes.

Having that type of output on this crew may very well be the distinction between one other second-place end and glory.

Finally, even earlier than the damage to Havertz, Arsenal ought to have gone all out to signal Rogers, however now we all know the German shall be out for a while, the membership ought to be solely targeted on bringing the Villa star to the Emirates.