Arsenal are reportedly tracking Max Kruse from Werder Bremen, but is the controversial player the right choice for the Gunners?
Max Kruse has spent his entire career in Germany and in his senior career he has played for five clubs including Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen and Borussia Monchengladbach.
The 29-year-old forward made 24 appearances for Werder Bremen last season, makng seven assists and scoring 15 goals in the Bundesliga. He placed sixth in top goal-scorers list.
Kruse has a somewhat troublesome personality, and has often been involved in incidents off the pitch. He even missed European Championshi and World Cup for Germany due to ‘incidents’.
In one such ‘incident’, he took the phone of a Bild journalist and got fined by the club. On another occasion, he lost €75k in cash in a taxi. While Germany was winning the World Cup in Brazil, Kruse was competing in the World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas.
Weakness
Kruse is definitely one of the most hardworking players on the pitch up top but he doesn’t contribute much in the defensive phase. His defensive abilities are very poor and he makes 0.7 tackles per-game but also commits 0.8 fouls in the same period.
For a player with good physical strength and 5″9′ tall, he isn’t very good at aerial duels and on average, wins just 36.84%
His personality off the pitch and behaviour have earned him a couple of fines over his career and at 29, he isn’t very likely to change.
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