Kai Havertz delivers br*tal verdict on his own Arsenal struggles: "I'll be honest"

Kai Havertz has conceded that his start to life at Arsenal hasn't been good enough following criticism from fans and pundits alike.

The Gunners parted with a sum in the region of £65million in the summer to prise Havertz away from Chelsea. Despite being deployed in a variety of forward roles at Stamford Bridge, Mikel Arteta has instead utilised Havertz as a No.8 alongside Martin Odegaard for the majority of the campaign.

There would be no seamless adaption to life in a deeper role for Havertz, though, who failed to register a single goal contribution in his first six Premier League matches. And in a frank interview with Sky Germany, he himself admits that run wasn't good enough.


Havertz said: "Every footballer probably feels more comfortable on the pitch when everyone is praising him, everyone is screaming his name and everyone thinks he's great. Of course I also think that this is easier. But I now know that this is not reality. That you're the hero one weekend and the idiot the next - I think we know that enough by now."

He continued: "Of course it wasn't my best time, I'll be honest and I can get a lot more out of myself. Of course, my self-confidence suffered a bit from time to time. Nevertheless, I believe that I am now so strong that I can work my way out of such depths.

"You can't please everyone anyway. Sometimes they like you, sometimes they don't like you - and I accept that. As long as the people around me are happy with me, that's enough for me."

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Despite his slow start to life in red and white, Havertz's form has picked up recently. He has now scored three goals in his last five league matches after plundering Arsenal's second in the 2-0 win over Brighton at the weekend.

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He credits Arteta for keeping faith in him and revealed that the Spaniard went out of his way to provide support during his struggles.

Havertz added: "It was made clear to me from the beginning that everyone would give me the time to fit in well. And that just made me feel good. And even after two or three bad games, the coach came to me and said: 'Hey, everything is fine, soon something will click and then it will happen.' And then the moment came."

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