🚨 EXCL: Bruno Guimaraes informs Newcastle United of wish to leave & join Arsenal. #AFC stepping up pursuit - ready to offer deal worth up to £60m at present but no club-to-club contact yet + #NUFC stance still not entertaining bids for 28yo @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/6W3cpcqKKh
Havertz remains the most misunderstood forward in world football.
Havertz suffers from a false dichotomy … people reduce him to whether he delivers big moments, ignoring that he consistently performs in big occasions, and that misunderstanding is what leads to him being underrated but also incorrectly utilised.
If you’re building a game plan where he is the ‘killer’ then you’re misguided as he is never ever going to be a reliable finisher but that doesn’t mean he can’t score.
What he does give is world class link up play and pressing from the front and in the context of a cohesive unit where goals come from elsewhere ie imagine if he had a Mane and Salah either side of him, he wouldn’t be dunked down upon as he is now.
I think Arsenal biggest issue is seeing him as the problem when the recruitment to supplement him has been flawed. Where is the 20-30 goal a season winger to get in behind and be the goalscorer?
This is the equivalent of Liverpool putting a Firmino up front and expecting him to yield goals like Haaland despite his overall performance being good.
Kyiv Metro is down because of the blackout. No water or heating in the city either. This is the hardest winter for Ukraine so far.
People show incredible resilience but the situation is extremely difficult. Ukraine needs more support now. 🇺🇦
📷 Nastya Nagorna
22/23 Arsenal ‘good feel’ days are never coming back and I think it’s taken me way too long to realise this.
Fans are ready with agendas and to turn at the slightest sign of issues. A worrying precedent has been set moving forward.
I just attended “Folketmødet” on the small Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It’s quite an event - 100.000 Danes. Every politician, every journalist, every key CEO, union leader, every analyst - and loads of ordinary people - attending events, discussing issues 1/3
I can't remember the last time @Arsenal made as many signings as this before August.
This doesn't mean they'll win the league but I'm loving the change that I'm seeing so far.