Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta has blamed Kai Havertz's slow start at the Emirates Stadium on his teammates.
He believes that Arsenal's new teammates are partly responsible for his early teething problems in North London.
Arteta sanctioned the signing of Havertz, who joined in a £65millon deal from Chelsea.
The German has failed to hit the ground running and has looked ill at ease with the tactical demands of his new manager.
Arteta remains adamant that the former Chelsea forward will come good.
"He can play in so many different roles and play it so well," said Arteta.
"He has a football brain, how he understands when to move, how to move, when to stay, when to run. It's phenomenal.
"At the moment, it's true that he's played with three different people behind him (Jurrien Timber, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Jakub Kiwior) and they are the ones that have to make him good.
"These guys depend on the ones in the back. I was a midfielder, if the two central defenders are like this [with their eyes closed] and they give you the ball all the time to the wrong foot at the right time with the wrong pace.
Disaster, I look bad. If I have good players behind me, they make life much easier. So, let's do that."
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