Kai Havertz — Germany World Cup 2026 Squad

Kai Havertz gives Germany a forward line that can change shape without changing personnel. He is 26, he plays for Arsenal, and he has 66 caps and 24 goals for Germany. Havertz is useful because he does not behave like a fixed striker for long. He can drop away from centre-backs, combine in tight areas, and then arrive in the box late enough to be hard to pick up. That movement matters in a side with quick runners around him and creative midfielders feeding the final pass. Germany do not need him to wrestle every centre-half for ninety minutes. They need him to make the line awkward to mark. If he does that, their attack gets much harder to settle against.