Can't call this a jinx because neither has even returned from injury … yet. However, we've been promised we'll see both soon enough.
Reports are that Gyökeres appeared and scored in the closed-doors friendly played midweek. Havertz meanwhile has just 3 Premier League appearances since 2 February, having wrecked first his hamstring, then his knee.
Kai Havertz: 193cm, reported at 83kg, 26 years old.
Viktor Gyökeres: 189cm, reported at a massive 94kg, 27 years old.
The first, the ultra-versatile golden boy who's always had his opportunities handed to him but has shown himself to have a brittle mentality in the past. His trajectory from Leverkusen to Chelsea to Arsenal saw him arrive with us as a hypothetical midfielder, then play left back for Germany a few times along the way. A born school prefect with a school prefect's cunning and aptitude for surreptitious bullying.
The second, loaned from Brighton to St Pauli, Swansea City and Coventry City before signing for Coventry where the Sky Blues missed out on promotion during his most productive season, he then transferred to Sporting CP where he became the highest scorer in Europe last season. Known for his tank-like physique, his aggressive goalscoring obsession, and the "Bane" celebration which reflects on his humble career: "Nobody cared until I put on the mask". A hybrid of Spartacus and Beowulf (or is he Grendel?) in football form.
Which of these two is going to stay fit and lock down his spot in our first XI? Or … will it be both? Or … will they be evenly rotated?
