Chris Sutton has claimed that a ‘valuable’ Arsenal player deserves to be in the mix for the Premier League Team of the Season.
Arsenal certainly aren’t short of players who are expected to be in that conversation next month.
The likes of William Saliba, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Magalhaes and Declan Rice have all dazzled for the Gunners this term.
Saliba, Gabriel and Rice have all contributed to Arsenal boasting the best defensive record in the league after 35 games played.
As for Saka, he continues to provide in the final third and is the club’s top goalscorer this season with 15 goals to his name.
But a couple of Arsenal players have taken many by surprise this term and none more than Kai Havertz.
Sutton says Kai Havertz could be in the Team of the Season
After his goal in the 3-2 win at Tottenham on Sunday, Havertz has netted 12 times in all competitions this term.
The German also became the first Arsenal player to score and assist in four-plus league games since Alexis Sanchez in 2017.
It’s fair to say that Havertz has exceeded expectations in north London so far following a difficult spell at Chelsea. And Chris Sutton believes the former Blues forward deserves to be in the mix for the Premier League’s Team of the Season.
“I mean, Havertz, he must be in the mix now,” Sutton told It’s All Kicking Off!, “If you were to pick a first-XI Premier League team, Havertz must be in the mix to get into that now. He has been such a valuable player.”
Havertz deserves a mention for Team of the Season
If Arsenal do go on to pip Manchester City to the title, Havertz will certainly be in the conversation to be named in the Premier League’s best XI.
The former Chelsea star has proven plenty of his doubters wrong, netting 13 times and providing six assists in all competitions.
Yet, his best performances have arguably come as a striker since the turn of the year for Arsenal. With that in mind, it would be difficult to look past Ollie Watkins, who’s 19 goals and 12 assists look to have fired Aston Villa to a top-four finish.
The post 'In the mix': Chris Sutton claims Arsenal have a 'valuable' player who could be in the PL Team of the Season appeared first on TBR Football.