
First came the cheers. Then, soon after, the jeers. Arsenal’s Kai Havertz had been welcomed back to Bayer Leverkusen like a long-lost son from the moment he arrived at the stadium.
The German spent 10 years at the club, initially in the academy and then making his name in the first team, and there were plenty of familiar faces for him to greet ahead of his press conference the day before the match.