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Paul Merson says £220k-a-week Arsenal player is such a manager’s dream

Arsenal will be looking to extend the gap between themselves and Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table in their early kick-off on Saturday.

Mikel Arteta’s Gunners will be hosting Bournemouth at the Emirates Stadium🗹 in the day’s 12:30pm kick-off.

With Ci🗹ty not playing until 5:30pm, Arsenal have the opportunity to go four points clear before Pep Guardiola’s charges have kicked a ball.

The Gunners have done well to bounce back after their shock home loss to Aston Villa threate𓆉ned to derail their title hopes.

Ars♔enal have won their last three in a row, beating Wolves away, hammering ✤Chelsea at the Emirates and getting over the line at Tottenham.

Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images
Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images

Kai Havertz played a big part in t🌺he Gunners’ return to form, scoring tw꧃ice against the Blues and netting his side’s third against Spurs.

Now, Arsenal legend Paul Merson has singled Haverꦕtz out for praise in his latest prediction article on .

What has Paul Merson said about Arsenal forward Kai Havertz?

Merson wrote: “Kai Havertz’s signing was heavily criticized at the start of the season🧔, but he’s shown his class during the title run-in and is a proper big-game player.൩

“I was always a fan of him, he’s such a clever player who suits the way Arsenal play. Germany use him as a left-back at times which just goes to show that managers always wan✱t him on the pitch.”

Once again, a decision by Mikel Arteta has been vindicated. Havertz joined for big money at the start of the sea♛son and he ♛struggled for the first few months.

However, things eventually clicked, and now the ace is showing the qua🌺l𓃲ity and goal return that made him so highly sought after at Bayer Leverkusen.

Hopefully Havertz can keep up the good work in Arsenal’s meeting with Bournemouth and keep pushing towards the tit🍸le whilst continuing to keep the pressure 🌸on City.