This year, it’s the setting for an injury that could derail their title bid. For all of the criticism levelled at Kai Havertz over his inconsistent finishing, he is one of Arsenal’s most important players right now as the only established centre-forward in Mikel Arteta’s squad with Gabriel Jesus out for the season.

Arsenal forward Kai Havertz could miss the rest of the season after tearing his hamstring in training, British media reported on Wednesday, a blow that could leave the club's attack threadbare following a number of injuries.

Kai Havertz has suffered a serious hamstring injury that threatens to sideline him for the remainder of the season, CBS Sports understands. Arsenal flew back from their warm weather training camp in Dubai on Tuesday for Havertz to undergo tests that have confirmed their worst possible fears.

It was only last week that Mikel Arteta admitted there would come a point where he would have to “try something different” with Arsenal ’s attack. But Arteta would not have been thinking that those words could have rung true quite as quickly as they have.

Despite that, Arsenal opted to not sign a replacement forward during the January transfer window and instead seemed to have relayed faith in their teenage duo Myles Lewis-Skelly a