Arsenal transfer ‘mistake’ exposed as Mikel Arteta will ‘regret’ not signing £40m Tottenham star

So you look at it in broad daylight, and you think Arsenal could have got him. They’ve now made a mistake really by not getting him and allowing him to go to their north London rivals.

“I mean, we’ll see but if Maddison ends up being the difference between these two sides when they meet at the weekend, then there will be some regrets I think around Arsenal that they didn’t push harder to get that deal done. But as I say at the time, they really felt that Havertz was a great signing.”

Havertz put in an improved performance on Wednesday night as Arsenal beat PSV Eindhoven 4-0 in their first Champions League group game.

After this impressive victory at the Emirates, Mikel Arteta praised his “intelligent” forward.

“Yeah, he [Havertz] was really connected today in the game,” Arteta said post-match

“It’s true I asked him to play two different roles in regards to the behaviours of the opponents and he’s so intelligent that he does it. It’s just finishing one or two actions that we had but it’s coming and he’s so willing to do it.”