We’ve entered the final week of the summer transfer window. The Gooners anticipate the confirmation of Mikel Merino’s signing, while they anticipate one more transfer to conclude Arsenal’s summer 2024. They anticipate the addition of a quality player to the Arsenal attack this week, but who will it be?
Viktor Gyokeres is one player who the Gooners would love to have on board as our Plan B option. The Swedish striker has just taken up where he left off last season, with 6 goals in his first three games this season. Last season, he had 43 goals and 15 assists.
According to reports, Arsenal was closely monitoring him during the pre-season to assess his recovery from a minor surgery he had in the summer, and if their scouting continued into the new Primeira Liga season, he should have impressed them.
So, like Merino and Riccardo Calafiori, would Gyokeres be open to switching to Arsenal? If the Gunners want him, he’s willing to make the transition, even though staying at Sporting remains an option for him. He intimated as much following Sporting Lisbon’s 5-0 victory over SC Farense, in which he scored three goals.
“I think so, I’ll stay here, but you never know what’s going to happen,” Gyokeres told reporters after the game. “It doesn’t just depend on me, but I feel very good here. There are things I don’t know, things happen quickly, but I’m not worried about that. I love being here.”
With an £85 million release clause, it’ll be intriguing to see if Arsenal can complete this deal. However, if they can achieve that agreement, they will undoubtedly have made a fantastic acquisition that may easily make them title favorites. Gyokeres versus Havertz for Arsenal’s No. 9 position may be a tremendous competition to get the most out of their attack.
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I mentioned the minor knee surgery weeks ago. It’s nice to have some level of confirmation that the club was paying close attention to what they were apparently considering buying.
I personally don’t believe that Arsenal will buy a striker. (I hope they do, but I have my doubts).
The reason for my doubts is because Arteta wouldn’t want to leave Havertz out. Let’s face it, where Havertz plays now as the no:9 is the only place you can play him really.
As the other positions haven’t really worked. And I believe that to bring in another striker, would possibly mean dropping Havertz.
Something that’s just not going to happen. Because lets face it, Havertz is Arteta’s little project. And with Arteta wanting to be proved correct in signing him in the first place, I just can’t see it happening. (I hope I’m wrong).
Anybody else have similar thoughts, or am I way off the mark here.
Way off the mark. Why wouldn’t Arteta bring in a top level striker if one that we could afford was available? The implication of your narrative does not make sense. It suggests that Arteta is more invested in Havertz and a certain interpretation of his ego than in improving Arsenal as a team and a club.
Surely Arteta has already proved to be correct?
I agree 👍 No major diss to MA but he is a bit stubborn
To effectively match Man CiIty’s Ering Halaand goals scoring spree in the Epl for the Citizens. I think Arsenal will need to do their own kind of Halaand striker signing this summer before the transfer window closes on Friday night And if the signing worked after it has been done, Arsenal will definitely gives Man City a very good run for their money to win the Epl title this season and can win it.
We last won EPL when Arsenal had everything from defence, mid and striking force. Right now from defence to mid we are good even in flanks but we need a good finisher.
This one can not happen as much us every Arsenal fan wish, too expensive considering that we are selling our players for peanuts or no available buyer at all, I think our academy is overrated.
Have any of you seen Orri Oskarsson? 19 year old striker who plays for Copenhagen. He’s the kind of striker I would love to see at Arsenal.
Apparently City want to sign him as backup to Haaland. Hopefully we can get in there and offer him more playing time.
Probably wouldn’t make an immediate impact, but I don’t think it would take too much time.
Apparently available for around 17M, so that would be a great deal in my opinion.
Arteta is playing trick game with Arsenal FC, if you can buy Declan Rice £105 ,why can’t you force for Edu to buy Gyokyere £85 .
I think he wants pep to leave before if not maybe he will be disgrace for not winning EPL with good strike
With wat I saw in our match against Aston villa, if arteta think we don’t need a new striker then he’s just preparing to fail again. Kai can nt take us to anywhere. Even man city re abt to sign another striker.
This whole striker business is in danger of becoming a farce. We’ve the Forest deal for Eddie off apparently and now Jesus is having to have an MRI scan to determine how serious his latest injury is (hardly news really, but nevertheless bad timing).
That could leave Arsenal with Havertz and, possibly now, Eddie. So, we’ve one “regular” striker, Havertz, who at some stage is bound to suffer from fatigue, never mind about possible injury or suspension during the season. The other one will be a player that Arsenal were/are(?) quite prepared to sell – which isn’t exactly a vote of confidence, is it. (I bet they wish they had sold him to Olympic Marseille now. Less money than Arsenal wanted but they could have already been well into negotiations for another one by now.)
Anyway, we are where we are so let’s hope Edu can pull something off in the few days remaining. If not, I think Pep could have a smile on his face.
I’m really eager to see a top striker join Arsenal, but it seems the higher-ups have a different vision.
Same here but “where there’s time, there’s hope” I guess.
Leaving things so late puts Arsenal at a potential disadvantage because the selling club knows they really need the player and there aren’t many alternative options around. A loan may be a possibility.
Will Edu pull a player out of his magician’s hat in time?
To tell the truth Arsenal need a quality striker who scores almost every game like Vitor Gyorekes. The guy is a very good and can help us win the league. Arsenal is playing a very good football game nd only lack the sharp shooter number 9
Someone was saying were selling our players peanut you’re lamenting not sell to Marseille for how much instead let him stay at arssnal. You av been saying several times arteta is not going to buy a striker cos of his bias n love he has towards harvert zini Jesus. The three are not suppose to be in a club vying for premier league glory.they shld be play for mid table club.The formal is one goal every three games and always fade out when playing against the big or tough teams,zini is calamitous left back him n his boss cost the league last season again aston very.I love e
the name Jesus is my Lord,this is football thanks to the Injury that comes at the right time for blind edu n arteta to see the reason for a clinical no9not when the transfer is close.This is not a striker that will lead us to trophy is Gabrieljesus
arteta now as Really change from when he resume as arsenal coach he was brutal and no nonsense man not bias but now his another person from what he use to be.no amount of money use to buy you if you’re not adding values to the club you’re sold he sell them jesus is an injury player we can’t cope with that as a fans thanks for the timing Injury,our two stiker when fully fit can’t give us half of halaand goal a season so why can’t we sell them get a proving goal scorer that will compete favourably with halaand and other teams forward man osimeh is going to saudi for fiftyfive million pounds gyokeres price can be reduce,Ferguson,toney.the formal can still be hyjack even if we offer fiftycoz he’ll to play in Europe, gyokeres is a fantastic finisher that tick all our require striker boxes 58 goals contribution in 50 matches definitely he’ll send PEP back to la liga, Ferguson is also a young Dynamic forward well aerially experience his just a future prospect can be a back up to any striker.Toney is going or reach is peak the idea that arteta n edu don’t buy above 25yrs is rubbish who bought Williams from chelshit n others I couldn’t remember there name as long as they are ready to Improve the team like merino I so much trust in him buying toney is not going to be problem as long as he deliver.ARTETA AND EDU this is a word for the wise you can rest if you do our bidding (fans) buy us a striker GYOKERES sell your latter striker in the team next Summer and buy your favourite Benjamin sesko
Let Arsenal by Viktor Gyokeres,we need that kind of a stricker, please Edu and Arteta do the needful