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Might be an unpopular opinion. But I really think people are unfair with Havertz.

He was super good in Germany. Then he joined Chelsea, and they played him as a lone striker, which is neither his position, not a position best suited to his qualities and style of play.
Then Arsenal buys him, to play him... central mid. Which is definitely not his position.

Havertz is a right winger. He can play as a (very) offiensive mid. But he is NOT a lone striker, and he is NOT a central mid in a 433. Now the problem is, he wil have lost his confidence. Like Werner, who can not find it back, even being back in a very favorable context. When confidence goes, you never know if it will come back.

I'm not saying it's impossible to be good in those conditions. But he gets way too much heat considering all that. I don't see Bellingham playing right back or Kane playing left winger. Clubs should buy players to play at their right position. As soon as Arsenal bought him, it was said they wanted him to play CM. That makes no sense. And maybe he'll be a good CM one day. But you can't expect someone to learn a completely new position in so little time while playing against Premier League teams. You will get exposed in those conditions.

If english clubs were more caring about the players they buy and how to play them, there wouldn't be so many failures on the transfers.

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[–] Fontana1017@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He had one great year and one good year in Germany. He's probably just not as good as people thought he'd be

[–] Individual-Gur-9720@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

He made 150 games for Leverkusen with 46 goals and 31 assists.

All that before he was 21. Thats more than one year.