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Transfer: He is not Xhaka’s replacement – Arteta speaks on new Arsenal midfielder

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Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta has insisted Kai Havertz is not Granit Xhaka’s replacement.

Arteta made the comment after Havertz’s debut for the Gunners in a 1-1 draw with Nurnberg in a pre-season friendly on Thursday.

The Germany international was deployed in the inside left position of midfield following his £65million move from Chelsea.

And although some pundits have tipped him to replace Xhaka who has sealed a move to Bayer Leverkusen, Arteta expects Havertz to bring something different.

Arteta said: He’s not a replacement [for Xhaka]. He’s not gonna be like-for-like because everybody’s going to be very different to what Granit gave us.

“It will be very different but Kai has tremendous qualities for our way of playing.”

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