Arsenal have entered ‘superior talks’ with Sporting over striker Viktor Gyokeres.
The Gunners’ lack of a striker is well-known, however grew to become much more obvious final season when each Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus had been injured at related occasions.
It left the likes of midfielder Mikel Merino having a go up entrance; of venture that paid off to some extent, however shouldn’t be the recipe for long-term success.
Arsenal shut in on Viktor Gyokeres
Gyokeres is one among Europe’s most talked-about strikers this summer season, having someway notched 54 targets in 52 appearances for Sporting final time period.
The Portuguese facet are holding out for as a lot as they’ll get for the Sweden worldwide, which has led Gyokeres to push closely for an exit, encouraging events like Arsenal.
It seems Mikel Arteta’s facet are shut, in response to journalist Sacha Tavolieri, with the membership feeling that they’re “touching the ultimate line”.
Tavolieri goes on to disclose that Gyokeres has already agreed a five-year cope with the north London facet, with simply the club-to-club negotiations to resolve.
With this replace, the journalist additionally confirmed that the information possible brings an finish to Arsenal’s pursuit of RB Leipzig frontman Benjamin Sesko.
There was extensively reported curiosity from Manchester United in Gyokeres, maybe on account of former Sporting boss Ruben Amorim’s presence within the Outdated Trafford dugout, nevertheless it has been reported since final month that the striker’s desire is Arsenal.
In FourFourTwo’s opinion, Arsenal getting Gyokeres over the road would lastly put to mattress their seemingly endless seek for a striker, a profile they appear to have bitterly lacked in earlier campaigns.
Query marks stay about whether or not the Swedish striker can replicate his blistering goalscoring kind within the Premier League, however the truth it could not be his first gig in English soccer goes in his favour in that respect.
Any switch comes with threat; you by no means actually understand how a participant will react to a brand new surroundings, round new colleagues, however with Gyokeres, there needs to be a lot for Arteta to work with.
Gyokeres is valued at €75m, in response to Transfermarkt.
