‘Overrated’… Tim Sherwood says £65m Arsenal player is nowhere near as good as people think he is

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Arsenal lost to Newcastle at the weekend, and, as you can imagine, there are a number of fingers being pointed at several players in the aftermath of this game.

Kai Havertz has, as ever, been at the centre of this storm, with many fans and pundits singling the German out as a player who hasn’t been good enough for the Gunners as of late.

Speaking on Premier League Productions, Tim Sherwood has been less than kind to Havertz in his summary of the German’s performance, labelling him a complete waste of time and an ultimately overrated footballer.

Sherwood says that he can’t even tell what position Havertz plays, claiming that if a youngster played the way the £65m man is playing, he’d be dropped from the team immediately.

Sherwood slams Havertz

The pundit went in hard on the Arsenal midfielder.

“Havertz, for me, is a complete waste of time. just don’t know what he is. I am not sure what he is, at all,” Sherwood said.

“Is he a ten? A nine? He certainly isn’t an eight. It looks like he runs around. He thinks he is too cool to sweat. I think there are better options.

“If that was a kid making his debut, from what I saw at the weekend, and in previous games, I know he’s had some games, but on a consistent basis if a kid goes in and performs like he performs, you would never see him again. That is an overrated player, for me.”

Spot on

Sherwood hasn’t held back here, but, in our view, he’s telling nothing but the truth.

Havertz arrived for a massive fee and with high expectations, and he’s done nothing to justify any of that.

Havertz has been poor ever since arriving at Arsenal, and we have to agree that he is wildly overrated in certain circles.

The midfielder needs to get much better if he’s going to keep his spot in the team going forwards.