Mauricio Pochettino can bust £72m Chelsea transfer myth after Arsenal benefit from £65m mistake
Pat Nevin believes Chelsea have lost potentially «one of the greatest players of his generation» in Kai Havertz, who recently sealed a £65million switch to Arsenal.
The Gunners confirmed the arrival of the Germany international towards the end of June in a deal believed to be worth £65million. The Blues were willing to let Havertz leave Stamford Bridge as soon as they learned of his desire to leave after three seasons playing in west London.
The 24-year-old will go down in Chelsea history for scoring some of the biggest goals. Havertz of course scored the winner against Manchester City in the 2021 Champions League final before netting the decisive goal in the FIFA Club World Cup less than 12 months later.
Despite this, there is an overriding feeling of disappointment when it comes to Havertz at Chelsea. The German has bags of potential but never got to unleash it all during his three-year spell at Stamford Bridge.
Under Mikel Arteta with a thriving Arsenal squad, however, perhaps Havertz will finally manage to meet expectations. Nevin, who played for Chelsea for five years in the 1980s, believes the club have lost a generational talent in Havertz.
«Havertz leaving hurts the most,» Nevin said to OLBG. «I think Havertz could be one of the greatest players of his generation. He was playing at centre-forward though, and that is not his strongest position. Playing there really took away the strongest parts of his game.
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»Arsenal have sealed an absolute cracker of a deal with Havertz. I’m really confident that Arteta will be able to get the best out of him as well. Arsenal’s team for next season is already looking extremely good. I think
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