Kai Havertz has been a hugely influential figure in our 2023/24 campaign so far, and Mikel Arteta was more than happy to wax lyrical on the the German forward in his pre-Burnley press conference on Friday.
Across all competitions, Kai has made a total of 33 appearances since becoming a Gunner in the summer, missing just one Premier League fixture courtesy of a yellow card suspension.
Those numbers put him at the joint top of this season’s appearances leaderboard with Ben White and Declan Rice.
“I love him,” Mikel said. “I love him. I think we all love him as a player and as a person, everything that he brings to the team.
“There were two or three moments the other day [against West Ham United] when it was 4-0, 5-0, or 6-0 and how he tracks people and how he's defending the box and then how he's attacking the box.
“The position that he's constantly threatening the opponent's box as well, that I really like, and you ask him to play as a nine, as a right attacking midfielder, left attacking midfielder, on the base defending and he does it. He's just a joy to work with.”
Read everything Mikel had to say in his pre-Burnley press conference here.
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