Havertz is a bit average, but he's different. Wins contests and high balls, drifts around, can hold it up a bit, forces the opposition to speculate on him scoring or feeding runners, works with some intelligence off the ball.
He's a bit of what you'd call a centre half forward if this were Australian Rules. When he drifts forward he's a position player not principally a runner, unlike Xhaka or Martinelli.
While Xhaka did creditably at "left 8", scoring goals from late runs is never going to happen often for our side, we dominate too much to create those chances often.
Havertz is awkward(ish) now but in improved form he'll become annoying. Arteta will get him making lazy back post runs versus Saka and Ødegaard, but Havertz will draw more of the defence when he does.
