Super exciting to join amazing Arsenal says Havertz

The German international joins the Gunners – for £65million on a five-year contract, the PA news agency understands – after three seasons with the Blues, during which he made 139 appearances, scoring 32 goals, including the winner in the 2021 Champions League final.

The news regarding the 24-year-old was confirmed as it was also reported that Arsenal had also agreed a £105m fee with West Ham for Declan Rice.

And Havertz told arsenal.com: “It’s super exciting for me to be joining this amazing club and to be part of the Arsenal family. This club has such a big history, and I hope we can achieve lots of things.

“The mentality in the Arsenal squad is very high and you can feel that. That was one of the reasons why it has been so hard to play against Arsenal recently.

“The aim is to win trophies and I’m going to give everything to do that for the supporters and everyone at the club. I’m now looking forward to meeting all the players and the staff when we come back for pre-season.”

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta added: “Kai is a player of top quality. He has great versatility and is an intelligent player. He will bring a huge amount of extra strength to our midfield and variety to our play.

“We welcome Kai and his family to Arsenal Football Club and we are all excited to start working with him when we start pre-season training soon.”

Havertz’s signing could soon be followed by England midfielder Rice, with an agreement reportedly reached over a fee for the midfielder after two previous approaches were rebuffed by West Ham.

Manchester City ended their interest in Rice after Arsenal’s third bid.

It is believed Arsenal offered £100m and a further £5m in potential add-ons, which would make Rice the most expensive British player of all time and eclipse Arsenal’s previous record transfer.

Meanwhile, a move for Ajax full-back Jurrien Timber is still being worked on as Arsenal aim to improve a squad that finished second in the Premier League last season, five points behind Pep Guardiola’s treble-winners City.