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Rio Ferdinand shares what Declan Rice said about Kai Havertz at Arsenal which stunned him
Kai Havertz needed just 25 minutes at the start of the new season to begin silencing those who question whether he can fire Arsenal to the Premier League title.
Kai Havertz got the nod to start up front against Wolves after a superb second-half of last season. Havertz also impressed at Euro 2024 as Germany got to the last eight on home soil.
And it was his superb header which set Mikel Arteta‘s men on their way to three points on the opening day, with Bukayo Saka doubling the lead with a brilliant goal during ☂the second♏-half at the Emirates.
Some believe Ars𒁏enal cannot win the title with Havertz as the number one striker, with the 25-year-old facing a lot of criticism, particularly since he arrived in the Premier League in 2020. Certainly, it did not appear that Arteta planned to use Havertz regularly as a striker, with the 💮German largely playing as a number eight in the early stages of his Arsenal career.
What Declan Rice said about Kai Havertz which left Rio Ferdinand stunned
But something changed around the turn of the year last season, and Havertz has arguably got better and better. He has now scored 14 league goals in 38 games f🌌or the club.
Some perhaps still need to be convinced, but speaking on , Rio Ferdinand suಞggested that his teammates have no concerns about 🐭Havertz’s suitability as a striker.
“Do you know what, I spoke to Declan Rice the other day and he spoke about Havertz in such glowing ter💫ms, like ‘we don’t need a number nine, Havertz is our guy’. The confidence he exuded, I was like, I didn’t know you guys felt like that about him,” he said.
“He’s a roving, moving centre forward, 10 goals in his last 15 games so he did well at the end of the seaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚson. But I’m expecting big things just based on that one conversation with a player🐎 that currently plays with him. It’s important when sometimes you hear, they see every day, they see the little details.”
A huge season for Havertz and Arsenal
This feels l🐼ike a massive season for Arsenal after two near misses in the Premier League title race. Arteta has arguably taken a gamble by investing in another extremely talented defender, rather than an attacking option.
If Arsenal are unable to get across the line this time around, there are surely going to be serious questions about what it is going to take – a🔜nd there will surely be another debate about whether they ha♔ve the striker they need.
Havertz did so well once he got his chance up front, but he still has a point to prove as he looks to sustain that ꦅkind 𒀰of form over an entire campaign for a team which now expects to win some sort of silverware.
He is off to a fantastic start with his opening day goal – and ♌Declan Rice is clea♏rly confident that there is so much more to come from the forward.