Asked by Arsenal’s official website to pick out the squad’s worst loser, Kai Havertz pointed at the Swedish striker he shares the No 9 shirt with.
“Gyokeres maybe. If you beat him in training and give him some chat he’s angry!” the Germany international told Arsenal Media.
The quick glimpse of a Gyökeres training-day grump is the kind of dressing-room colour that rarely slips out of the Emirates.
Havertz kept the tone light elsewhere in the sit-down. Pushed to build a five-a-side side from the current squad, he reached for a reliable back line and picked out William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhães.
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Title defense: ‘prove ourselves again’
The lighter answers sat next to a pointed message to his own dressing room. Havertz was explicit that Arsenal’s first Premier League title in 22 years counts for nothing if standards drop now.
“People are happy that we won the league last year, but we have to prove ourselves again and win again and do it every week,” the 27-year-old told the club’s media team.
He added that the group now knows what the climb to a title actually feels like, and that the experience should make a second push easier to handle. When Sportskeeda picked up the interview, it also flagged that Havertz batted away a question about his next trophy ambition by saying he was only thinking about the next match.
Arsenal top of the table
The message lands with Arsenal in a very strong position. Mikel Arteta’s side sit first in the Premier League after 10 matches, with nine wins, one defeat and no draws, holding a five-point cushion over Brighton & Hove Albion and six over Manchester City.
Arteta himself is not going anywhere. He signed a contract extension until 2030 after delivering the title in May, and has publicly said his appetite to defend it is as sharp as ever.
For Gyökeres, the timing of Havertz’s playful dig is a small bright note in a stretch of harder questions about his place after the arrival of Martín Zubimendi reshaped Arteta’s spine.
Arsenal return to Premier League action after the international break with a five-point lead to defend at the top of the table.
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