Watching Arsenal lump balls up to a flailing Viktor Gyokeres at the weekend, it was pretty clear: the Gunners are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
The two forwards are chalk and cheese, night and day, Van Persie and Adebayor – if you were to draw a Venn diagram of the pair, there would be very little in the overlapping section besides their height (and perhaps not even their aerial ability).
Havertz offers Arsenal hold-up play without the prolific touch. Gyokeres is simply a full-stop, promising goals without build-up. Combine the pair of them, and you’d either win the Ballon d’Or or fail to bother a barn door
