David Orsntein confirmed that Arsenal is excited by Kai Havertz.

Does this signing reek of WOW WOW WOW… probably not, however I don’t suppose that precludes it being a pointy signing that would probably work actually exhausting for Arsenal subsequent season.

Let’s take a look at the details:

• The participant is 24 years previous
• He can play as an attacking #8, a second striker, or a extra conventional #9
• Technically, I’m undecided you get higher than the German worldwide
• He’s an enormous recreation participant. He scored within the ultimate of a Champions League. That’s balls.
• At 6 ft 4, he provides us an awesome choice up entrance that we don’t at present have

Followers whining about him by no means study their lesson – if Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter, and Mikel Arteta all charge the expertise profile – I’m in.

Kai Havertz affords us choices in midfield and up entrance, he ages down the squad, and he clearly has a hyper-specific skillset Arteat thinks may unlock our system.

What does he lack? His ending isn’t actually transferring us ahead, that’s one thing he’d have to develop. I’m additionally undecided he comes with the same old scuzzy darkish arts most gamers that come out of Chelsea provide. He wants a bit extra aggression in him. However hey, Arteta discovered that with Odegaard.

Largest impediment right here is the place Chelsea are worth clever (£75m) and the place Arsenals needs to be (£50m). Todd Boehly must exit some gamers, Kai has two years left on his deal and desires out, however will he settle for the dearth of leverage he has this window? Or would he favor to simply sit on the participant. I’ll be fairly depressed if Chelsea manages to gather mega charges for gamers this summer season after listening to huge contracts and each membership figuring out we have to promote was the Arsenal impediment to shifting deadwood, what, 4 years in the past?

Anyway – fascinating to see how Arsenal’s summer season is shaping up.

We’re additionally taking a look at Timothy Castagne of Leicester – the right-back can be allowed to depart if a group stumps up the money, which I think about can be modest. That is how Leicester followers speak about him.

Arguably one among Leicester’s most astute signings lately has been so constant since signing that it’s troublesome to justify not enjoying him.

His positional sense is often strong in each attacking and defensive areas. He presumably nonetheless leans extra on the defensive facet of his recreation, however with modest tackling and interception statistics, it merely highlights how he adopts the proper positions recreation to recreation and does numerous work off the ball that goes unseen.

His persevering with bravery earns him loads of bashes and accidents alongside the way in which.

He can play on the left or the appropriate, he’s a world, and also you’d must think about the robustness components into the equation. He’s not a typical inverter like White or Zinchenko, which I assume means he’s extra of a like-for-like with Tomi. Would this additionally point out that Ben White goes to maneuver inside subsequent season?

Thomas Partey is once more being linked with Italy – so it does seem to be Arsenal is transferring in the direction of a right-back, two midfielders, and two ahead gamers.

It’s an fascinating construct. We’ll see the place it lands. One theme that’s completely screaming right here: We’re signing settlers.

Arteta is recognizing that if he has to make some dramatic cuts this summer season, he wants Premier League-proven gamers so we don’t must undergo a Fabio Vieira-like adaptation.

DO I STILL HAVE FEARS: Yeah, I completely do. Declan Rice and Caicedo actually is a partnership for the ages, however I’m struggling to see them adapting to the system so properly, we don’t miss Partey and Xhaka.

Arteta would possibly suppose he can handle the transition – my intestine says he’s simply seeking to get his geese in a row so he can takeover from Manchester Metropolis when Pep leaves. As predicted, Guardiola is out in 2 years time. I’m wondering if that’s going to be the case or he simply bails subsequent summer season. Managers wrestle to manage dressing rooms when gamers know they’re exiting the constructing. So perhaps he goes as a shock bundle subsequent summer season?

Possibly I’m WISHING this into existence.

Let’s see if the exits are true earlier than getting too enthusiastic about taking up the crown.