The Bayer Leverkusen midfielder says those who criticise his predecessors in Die Mannschaft midfield do not know what they are talking about
Mesut Ozil and Toni Kroos are perhaps the best footballers Germany has ever seen, according to compatriot Kai Havertz.
Havertz, who starred for Bayern Leverkusen last season, notching 20 goals and providing seven assists in all competitions, is seen by many as the future of his country's midfield.
And he branded those who criticised Kroos and Ozil, who each have 92 caps for Germany, as having little idea of the game.
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“In my opinion, Mesut Ozil or Toni Kroos have been and are wrongly critcised for unnecessarily delaying the game or slowing the tempo down,” Havertz told the Rheinische Post .