Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has lavished praise on Kai Havertz.

The Gunners do not have any midweek games and have been preparing to take on Brentford in the Premier League.

One of the topics that came up during Arteta's most recent press conference was the impact made by Havertz as a false nine recently.

The boss told reporters: “It says about his character as well and how he has dealt with all those question marks and the attitude that he shows all the time.

“Even when things were not so good in certain phases of the game he continued to work hard. That's why he's loved by everybody here. Then we can see his quality, we can see his intelligence on the pitch, and the contribution he's having. Obviously very happy with him."

He then added on Havertz's importance: “Yeah, his ability to occupy spaces but also in transition moments to exploit them, the aggression he has in high presses is really good.

“He has the physical qualities as well to play very different types of games and attributes we thought would be very good for us."