‘Kai Havertz is actually, frustratingly enough, quite a nice guy. I had a drink with him’ Newcastle United and England defender Dan Burn reveals he met up with Arsenal forward this summer

Dan Burn of Newcastle United puts his arm around Kai Havertz of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Newcastle United FC at Emirates Stadium on May 18, 2025 in London, England. Kai Havertz of Arsenal chats to Dan Burn of Newcastle during the Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Newcastle United FC at Emirates Stadium on May 18, 2025 in London, England. Newcastle United's English defender Dan Burn (L) vies in the air with Chelsea's German midfielder Kai Havertz during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge in London on March 13, 2022.

Dan Burn and Kai Havertz exchanging pleasantries over a drink? They are the last Premier League pairing you might expect to see being sociable with one another, having had multiple run-ins on the pitch, but in an exclusive chat with FourFourTwo, Burn let slip that the two bumped into each other while on pre-season this summer.

This wasn’t the first time they’ve ‘bumped into one another’. In Burn’s first season at Newcastle, he was on the receiving end of a Kai Havertz elbow that left him needing stitches.

Havertz, ranked at no.45 in FourFourTwo's list of the best Premier League players of last season, avoided a red card and added insult to injury by stealing in ahead of Burn in the last minute to win that game 1-0. The pair tangled again at St. James’ Park later that year when Newcastle beat Chelsea 1-0.