Viktor Gyökeres

[GunnGunn]

Looking increasingly likely we will get him, I reckon next week announced and done.

I would have preferred Sesko, but he has my full support, if he can even bring 50% of last seasons goal returns, he is an instant upgrade on Havertz.


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Looking increasingly likely we will get him, I reckon next week announced and done.

I would have preferred Sesko, but he has my full support, if he can even bring 50% of last seasons goal returns, he is an instant upgrade on Havertz.


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Yep - full support if he comes here.
Hopefully he can spur on Havertz too to his 23/24 form second half of the season.
If he is in that form and Gyokeres can match it - or get close - we'll have very potent options.

[Marsbar100]

This is good, very excited about the season now.

[Nuggets]

Looking increasingly likely we will get him, I reckon next week announced and done.

I would have preferred Sesko, but he has my full support, if he can even bring 50% of last seasons goal returns, he is an instant upgrade on Havertz.


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Amen to that.

[theHotHead]

Can not believe Arsenal have not gone and got him yet. What a joke

This geezer will fail in the Prem.

Sesko is a better buy.


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Did we sign sesko?

I doubt we’ll sign either of them but I have a preference.


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Tell me why Gyokeres will fail in the Prem and why you prefer Sesko.

Name one striker, prolific in Portugal that has made it in the Prem?

Secondly, he was average in the Championship, that was only a few years ago.

Thirdly, 19 of his goals last season were Penalties? Not understating his penalty taking ability but how many penalties were we awarded last season?

Most teams setup for a low block against us, I believe Sesko is going to be better for these games which ultimately is what we need over the course of a season.

He is younger, quicker and bigger and has a higher ceiling.

This is all immaterial anyway because I don’t believe we’re getting either of them despite the relatively sensible “modern day” prices being banded about.


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I think you are looking at this the wrong way. Forget what others have done, look at the merits of each situation and each player. To answer your question though, here its a list of all the top scorers in Portugal since the Premier League began that moved to the Prem:

Mario Jardel - went to Bolton.
Jackson Martinez - went to Chelsea.
Darwin Nunez - went to Liverpool.

Tiny sample size, is that what you want to base your opinion on ???

Gyokeres scored 2 more than Jardel's best, last season and he smacked Jackson Martinez' and Nunez' best totals by 13 goals. You don't score that number of goals in professional football unless you are bloody good.

He was average in the Championship ??? I think people are just jumping on what one person said and not checking the facts. In his first proper/full season in the Championship (2021/22) he scored 17 goals and got 5 assists, in 42 matches, thats a goal every 2.6 games - which is better than average when you consider a goal every 2 games is the strike rate of a striker rated as good. In his next season there he got 21 goals and 10 assists in the Championship in 46 appearances, bringing his strike rate down to 2.1 games per goal. Add to that the number of assists and that puts him comfortably in the top class band.

Penalty goals - Not sure why this lessens his attractiveness to us. We have missed a few penalties in recent times, having a reliable penalty taker is a good thing.

The low block - granted Sesko might have more pace, but Gyokeres can do it all, link up play, come short, go long. I recently posted a heat map of last season for both players side by side, Sesko's showed that he spent the majority of his time in the middle third of the pitch versus Gyokeres whose was in the final third. So I don't see how Sesko would be better against a low block when he spends most of his time in the middle third.

Apart from his height I don't see the benefit of him over Gyokeres.

[theHotHead]

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[theHotHead]

Looking increasingly likely we will get him, I reckon next week announced and done.

I would have preferred Sesko, but he has my full support, if he can even bring 50% of last seasons goal returns, he is an instant upgrade on Havertz.


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Yep - full support if he comes here.
Hopefully he can spur on Havertz too to his 23/24 form second half of the season.
If he is in that form and Gyokeres can match it - or get close - we'll have very potent options.

As far as I aim concerned the 2 STs bring various options and options removes thee excuses Arteta might have. We should be able to play systems best to beat our opponents. I know I have bashed on Havertz a bit in the past few weeks but that doesn't change the fact that, he has actually been good for us in the role and what we needed was an option when Havertz wasn't suitable for certain games. For sure with Gyokeres he brings deadly finishing.

Come on get it done already !

[Ach]

Any chance this will be done before pre season? Or even the season?

I'm guessing i know the answer but we live in hope.

The zubi deal took ages and that started in January. If this is as long, we'll get Gyokeres in January

[Zenith]

Viktor Gyökeres has accepted to give up €2m from his salary in order to facilitate negotiations between Arsenal and Sporting.

Sporting insist on higher fee compared to Arsenal proposal…

…and Gyökeres tries his best also giving up money to make it happen, as per Record.

https://xcancel.com/FabrizioRomano/stat ... 56859916#m

[Arsenal Tone]

Any chance this will be done before pre season? Or even the season?

I'm guessing i know the answer but we live in hope.

The zubi deal took ages and that started in January. If this is as long, we'll get Gyokeres in January

2027

[Highbury Hillbilly]

Very important that we get him in time for preseason, otherwise it'll be Havertz up top and Gyokeres getting Nketiah minutes for the first few months while he learns the system.

[Ach]

Very important that we get him in time for preseason, otherwise it'll be Havertz up top and Gyokeres getting Nketiah minutes for the first few months while he learns the system.

The biggest worry.

Have Havertz play the Eddie role. Get rid in January or next summer cos he won't be happy. We won't get anywhere near what we paid but 15m maybe

Vital Gyokeres is bought ASAP

[deleted account]

Very important that we get him in time for preseason, otherwise it'll be Havertz up top and Gyokeres getting Nketiah minutes for the first few months while he learns the system.

Always vital to get players in before the preseason tour - but still plenty of time and it is good to see us doing early business

We may even be in for a system change - don't know yet.

[alexafc12]

Viktor Gyökeres has accepted to give up €2m from his salary in order to facilitate negotiations between Arsenal and Sporting.

Sporting insist on higher fee compared to Arsenal proposal…

…and Gyökeres tries his best also giving up money to make it happen, as per Record.

https://xcancel.com/FabrizioRomano/stat ... 56859916#m

I like this

[theHotHead]

The pre season tour isn't the start of pre season, its just the tour. We want Gyokeres to turn up at London Colney on the very first day of pre season.

23rd July is our first tour match, 17th August is our first game in the Prem. So 3 weeks between the two games, pre season training is 4-6 weeks, definitely 6 weeks for players that didnt have a long season.