{"id":297059,"date":"2023-11-21T13:24:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T13:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=297059"},"modified":"2023-11-21T13:24:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T13:24:58","slug":"arsenal-icon-tears-into-kai-havertz-as-star-told-manager-doesnt-respect-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/arsenal-icon-tears-into-kai-havertz-as-star-told-manager-doesnt-respect-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal icon tears into Kai Havertz as star told manager ‘doesn’t respect’ him"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Arsenal star Kai Havertz has been told that Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann \u2018doesn\u2019t respect\u2019 him. Former Gunners captain William Gallas believes that Havertz being used as a left-back by his national team does not \u2018look good\u2019 on the playmaker.<\/p>\n

Havertz was surprisingly deployed as a defender during Germany\u2019s 3-2 defeat by Turkey last week. In an eventful evening for the Gunners summer signing, he opened the scoring in the friendly but conceded a late penalty as the Germans were condemned to another disappointing reverse.<\/p>\n

Ex-Arsenal defender Gallas says that something must be wrong for Havertz to have started in a back four. The Frenchman was left stunned while watching the game.<\/p>\n

“At 24, Kai Havertz is playing as a left-back for his country? Seriously? Something is very wrong. I don\u2019t know what to say about this,\u201d Gallas told Genting Casino.<\/p>\n

“For me, to make this decision, it seems like Nagelsmann doesn\u2019t respect Havertz as a player. Havertz has spent his entire career playing as an attacking player and then you put him in at left back?<\/p>\n

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“I\u2019m trying to think about it from the player\u2019s point of view\u2026 this doesn\u2019t look good.”<\/p>\n

Germany have automatically qualified for Euro 2024 as hosts and Nagelsmann was likely simply testing Havertz in the role as a possible option ahead of the tournament. However, the move did not go down well in the country.<\/p>\n

Iconic former Germany midfielder Lothar Matthaus said Nagelsmann is at risk of wasting one of the country\u2019s best attacking talents. He wrote in a column for Sky Germany: “Havertz brings a lot of quality. He was not trained in this position, but in the offensive [areas] and mainly centrally.<\/p>\n