Arsenal have been described as “growing a powerful curiosity” in Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyokeres because the summer time transfer window edges nearer.
The Gunners have taken a giant step ahead in shaping the membership’s subsequent chapter with the appointment of new sporting director Andrea Berta, following his era-defining spell at Atletico Madrid.
A striker has lengthy been recognized as a precedence for Arsenal forward of subsequent season, having lacked a real ‘quantity 9’ for a number of years anyway, even earlier than struggling the double damage lack of Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus and being forced to use Mikel Merino as an emergency forward.
However the place curiosity was beforehand extra centered on Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike and Benjamin Sesko, Berta’s arrival from Spain already seems to have shifted issues.
Isak could show too costly, and even utterly off the market, whereas Ekitike is being increasingly linked with Manchester United because the Red Devils begin to explore other options, and Sesko lacks the prolific purpose numbers in comparison with others.
With Isak considered Arteta’s perfect, The Athletic writes that Gyokeres has “lengthy been admired” by Berta. That alone makes the Swede a “extra outstanding candidate” than earlier than.
The rise of Gyokeres has been monumental. He was plucked from the obscurity of Sweden’s second division by Brighton & Hove Albion in 2017, however by no means made a Premier League look for the Seagulls and was loaned out to second tier St Pauli and Swansea Metropolis, earlier than an extra mortgage after which everlasting switch to Coventry Metropolis after 4 years.
Two seasons within the Championship produced a really respectable 38 targets, however Gyokeres had by no means performed high flight soccer when Sporting rolled the cube on the then 25-year-old in the summertime of 2023. That gamble has massively paid off, nevertheless, with 43 targets throughout all competitions final season alone and one other 42 in 42 video games thus far in 2024/25 as Sporting eye a home double.
However for each Liga Portugal star that goes on to thrive within the Premier League, like Bruno Fernandes, loads of others wrestle with the calls for – notably Darwin Nunez.
Gyokeres is able to take a look at himself within the Premier League and is reportedly giving preference to sides able to competing for main silverware instantly, with Arsenal mentioned to have an actual likelihood of snapping the Sweden worldwide up alongside Liverpool and Manchester Metropolis.
