During Dubai trip
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Kai Havertz threatens the season. The national striker suffered a severe thigh injury in the training of FC Arsenal and fails for a long time, as “The Athletic” reports. There was initially no precise diagnosis and confirmation of the second in the table of the English Premier League.
Havertz should also lack the DFB selection in the quarter-finals of the Nations League against Italy in March. For Arsenal, his failure means a bitter blow in the title race, the 25-year-old is the best striker of the Gunners with 15 goals so far. Arsenal is currently six points behind leaders FC Liverpool. Havertz had suffered the injury in the training camp in Dubai. It is still unclear whether this is a muscle bundle tear. Likewise, whether the recently powerful attacker must definitely be operated on. Incoming investigations should provide information about it. Havertz had returned to London with the team late on Tuesday evening.
Trainer Mikel Areta will disappear on the offensive in the event of a longer Havertz failure. The Spaniard had recently “disappointed” that the Gunners had not improved in the past winter transfer window. With Bukayo Saka, the most valuable player in Areta’s squad is probably missing until April, while Gabriel Jesus is injured for the rest of the season. “We had the clear intention to improve the squad with players who can improve him. (…) We have not achieved this and are disappointed in this regard. But we are aware that we only want to get certain types of players. We also have to be disciplined in this regard, and I think we were, ”said Areteta at a press conference.