Close Menu
    ‘He’s not getting INVOLVED!’ Should Kai Havertz be dropped from Arsenal's XI? | ESPN FC
    World Cup 2026

    ‘He’s not getting INVOLVED!’ Should Kai Havertz be dropped from Arsenal’s XI? | ESPN FC



    ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol, James Olley and Mark Ogden join Luis Miguel Echegaray to react to Kai Havertz’s performance in Arsenal’s 3-1 win over Manchester United.

    ✔ Subscribe to ESPN+: http://espnplus.com/soccer/youtube
    ✔ Subscribe to ESPN FC on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoESPNFC

    View 41 Comments

    41 Comments

    1. Creed on

      Once again when Havertz goes off. We look alive. Fabio Vieira keeps showing him off the pitch. I’m sorry but he’s killing us. Gave the ball away leading to Rashford’s goal and misses a sitter. Needs dropping!

    3. Tweeta Rankin on

      That may happen in a game or 2 but clearly Viera is just too small we need to stay as big as possible with quality and kia haverts has mush more quality than Viera.

    4. Bill Koetz on

      If this is the best that United and Arsenal can do, then Spurs (with a far superior team) will be the only decent challengers to City for the title. This is their year!! COYS

    5. Force Sensitive on

      Havertz cannot handle the pace of the game. It was evident at Chelsea and it is even more so at Arsenal. As soon as he comes off, Arsenal's game speed changes. He is totally lost and slows us down.

    8. Totally Not Darth Vader on

      He's the biggest project player Arsenal have and it'll take him probably 6+ months to get sorted under Arteta. Fabio Vieira paid his dues and is delivering, so he should be starting from the get go at the moment. Havertz was all over the place for Chelsea, but their is certainly a capable player in there and it might start with getting him into the gym because he looks awfully light for a player of his frame. The pace Arsenal play at requires more physicality than he's probably ready for and even Ozil bulked up to handle the rigors of the Premier League, so he's got no excuses.

    9. Blue Shadow 💎 on

      Became a very boring and repetitive talk by ESPN
      Start talkin Man 👨 City…You barely pay attention 2 👨 City but guess it’s only about the American 🇺🇸 owned English clubs over the Middle Eastern Treble Winners Man City 🌃

    10. GeeMan on

      Kai gets subbed off and the team comes to life again. Martinelli is suffering the most with that partnership. There's so many instances where he looks lost in the box just roaming around without a purpose.

    12. Claude Wacu on

      Arteta is forcing Havertz in may be to defend £65m but honestly he's not a good enough to start for Arsenal Vieira deserve to start our best midfield is RICE PARTEY & MARTIN that's if Partey stays because I don't believe it's injury may be he's negotiating with SAUDI's teams

    13. Ra'L on

      United is finished.. They'll never rise to the Prem summit again
      They better get Relegated to League 1 so they can be big again among small fishes 🤣🤣

    27. Christian D. on

      Arsenal are very predictable. The ball is always going wide. Its either through Martinelli or Saka, and they have no idea how to do anything different.

    28. sprako music 💯 on

      I think he will be great for us. Because if that score he would of had and decent game. But I think he should fight for his spot like everyone else four bad game and he still starts

    29. Janitoro on

      That’s what 3 years of terrorist ball at Chelsea with Werner and Lukaku next to you will do to you. 😂😂 Add to that that Chelsea have a very bipolar and toxic fanbase with a lot of haters (basically plastic fans all over) and you get to the conclusion that you maybe should stop playing him out of position and instead give him tasks that are easier and actually suit him and his abilities so that he finally can grow his confidence back… cause the abilities are obviously there. But Gooners rather fall for Chelsea propaganda and wreck their own season in the process just to have a scapegoat 😂😂 but yes Vieira should start over Havertz. (Even though you can’t really compare cause Havertz is being started as a player with different tasks and roles than what Vieira is being used for in Arteta system) …

    32. yelbuck on

      I genuinely can't fathom why anyone rates kai. I mean he has had moments but then so has every player ever on the pro level. He has consistently been an "almost" player for YEARS. Why can't people simply accept that's what he is? Bizarre.

    35. Bashir Maalim on

      Is Trossard injured? That’s one player that I believe will do good for the team if he is consistently playing. Arteta is stubborn when it comes to Kai. He is trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Kai seems to be completely shot of confidence, and I do not think putting him out there on the starting 11 every game, and him missing sitters like today will do any good for his confidence. I’m sure there’s a player in there (the one that played for Leverkusen not Chelsea), but making him showcase his skills or lack thereof will not do any good for him at the moment.

    36. SW218 on

      It’s not that simple. Havertz is playing with an entirely new team alongside another completely new midfielder in Rice who is also looking to build partnerships. The team is still getting used to Rice as well. The team is way more fluid with partey instead of Rice.

    40. Felix Optikqualla on

      My honest answer is. Kai showed soo impressingly today. He was strong in his challenges. Cover the spaces nice as usually. The defensive skills was all I had doubts about him. Watch his performance in CL against Madrid or Man City (not only the goal) and you'll see how good this man can be. Don't destroy him willfully without any reason. A good Kai can bring us so far we haven't been for so long.

    Leave A Reply