{"id":16585,"date":"2025-12-02T19:21:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=666264"},"modified":"2025-12-02T19:21:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:51:31","slug":"arteta-provides-update-on-kai-havertz-says-midfielder-is-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/arteta-provides-update-on-kai-havertz-says-midfielder-is-still\/","title":{"rendered":"Arteta provides update on Kai Havertz; Says \u201cmidfielder is still\u2026\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has confirmed that Kai Havertz remains \u201cweeks away\u201d from returning to action, delivering a significant update during his latest media interaction. The German midfielder has been sidelined due to injury, and Arteta\u2019s remarks reflect both the club\u2019s concern and the high value placed on the player\u2019s contribution.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about Havertz\u2019s current status, Arteta expressed deep admiration for the former Chelsea star, emphasising his influence on and off the pitch. \u201cWe are all desperate to have him,\u201d Arteta said. \u201cI mean it is a player that, personally, I love so much for what he brings to the team, his character, his personality. I see him suffer, being outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Havertz has grown into a key figure at Arsenal, playing an important role in the club\u2019s attacking structure with his versatility, pressing ability, and improved goal-scoring form this season. His absence has forced Arteta to rotate options in midfield and attack, with the team missing his physical presence and intelligent movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has confirmed that Kai Havertz remains \u201cweeks away\u201d from returning to action, delivering a significant update\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":37434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[270,4190,3918,3796,3208,1303,397,702],"class_list":["post-16585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-arsenal","tag-english-player","tag-english-premier-league","tag-football","tag-havertz","tag-injury","tag-kai-havertz","tag-mikel-arteta"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}