Kai Havertz will undergo surgery on his torn hamstring in the coming days, Arsenal have announced, with his rehabilitation program due to carry through into the 2025-26 preseason. Havertz suffered the injury at his side's warm-weather training camp in Dubai last week but the full extent of the injury only became apparent on returning to London earlier this week.

In the end, it took barely two weeks for Arsenal’s great gamble to backfire. This is a club that rolled the dice in January, choosing to rely on the fitness of Kai Havertz rather than recruit another attacking player to support him,

Fresh images of Havertz have ramped up concerns over his fitness amid reports he is set to miss the rest of the season