Although Arsenal are yet to announce the arrival of Kai Havertz officially, Mikel Arteta has broken his transfer rule to effectively confirm the player’s acquisition. The Spaniard refuses to talk about any player that is not Arsenal’s, however in an interview with Marca, he opened up on the club’s latest addition.
football.london understands that Arsenal agreed to a £60million plus £5million in add-ons package to sign the player. A figure which caused quite a stir amongst supporters and even gave Chelsea fans reason to celebrate his departure in some cases.
However, Arteta defended the club’s serious investment. Additionally, he explained exactly why Arsenal had come to agree such a figure with their west London rivals for the player whose been somewhat out of form for Chelsea these past three years.
