Kai Havertz has irritated Chelsea fans with his comments following Arsenal’s Champions League victory over PSG.
Havertz, 25, scored the first goal in the Gunners’ 2-0 win over the French giants on Tuesday, continuing his impressive start to the season.
The German has scored five goals in nine games in all competitions as he goes from strength to strength in his second year at the Emirates after joining from Chelsea for £65million last summer.
While at Stamford Bridge, Havertz was part of the Blues team that won the Champions League in 2020-21.
Havertz wrote himself into Chelsea folklore by scoring the winning goal in the final against Man City as Thomas Tuchel’s side won 1-0.
Kai Havertz angered Chelsea fans with his comments after Arsenal’s victory over PSG
Havertz stated that it would mean more to win the Champions League with Arsenal than with Chelsea
The German was part of the Chelsea team that won Europe’s elite club competition in 2021.
However, speaking after the Gunners’ victory on Tuesday, Havertz, who scored 32 goals in 139 games for the Blues, attracted the ire of Chelsea fans when asked about Arsenal’s progress in the elite club competition. of Europe.
“Winning the Champions League is a nice feeling,” he said. “But it would be even better if I could do it with Arsenal!”
“It would mean a lot more.”
Several Chelsea fans were quick to respond to the 25-year-old and took to social media to express their views.
One angry fan said: “Scoring the second most important goal in Chelsea history and being hated by all the fans should tell you how bad Havertz is.”
Another added: “I’ve never seen anyone as ungrateful as this guy.”
Other supporters joined in and criticized Havertz for expressing his views so publicly.
One said: ‘He almost won it with us after almost blowing a great opportunity… and he thinks he can do it with Arsenal?’ Poor guy lmao’, before another chimed in: ‘We made you, cretin.’
Arsenal reached the quarter-finals of last season’s Champions League before being eliminated by Bayern Munich.
The Gunners are one of the favorites for this year’s competition, as evidenced by their comfortable victory over PSG, but many other fans poured cold water on Havertz’s ambitions to lift the trophy again.
One said: ‘I hate to break it to you Kai, but that will never happen.’ Unlucky.’
Meanwhile, another fan added: “Good luck with that,” before a final fan said: “But that won’t happen at Arsenal.”
The 25-year-old scored the winning goal in the final against Manchester City as Chelsea won 1-0.
Several Chelsea fans were infuriated by Havertz’s comments and responded to him.
Others mocked the German striker and poured cold water on his silver medal hopes.
Arsenal are currently eighth in the Champions League stage after a draw and a win in their two matches.
Mikel Arteta’s team faces more league matches against Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Sporting Lisbon, Monaco, Dinamo Zagreb and Girona.
They return to action on Saturday when they face Southampton at home in the Premier League.
