Arsenal will raise himself to a new level with the blockbuster “blockbuster” Viktor Gyokeres. The Swedish striker is praised even better than Erling Haaland will be the perfect piece for the Gunners to head towards the dream of winning the English Premier League.
In early November last year, the whole Europe “fevered” with the name Viktor Gyokeres. The striker of Sporting Lisbon shocked the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 with a hat-trick against the mighty opponent Man City in the class division, thereby helping the home team to win unbelievably 4-1. It was the match that the “top scorer” of the Premier League, Erling Haaland of the team from England was completely overshadowed by the explosion of Gyokeres.
In the last 3 consecutive seasons, Arsenal all came second, including 2 times to win the Premier League championship to fall into Man City's hands. Notably, in both times of hatred against the Green Man, the Gunners fans witnessed striker Erling Haaland ending the season with the title of “top scorer”, respectively 36 and 27 goals. Meanwhile, coach Mikel Arteta of the London capital team always complained about the home team lacking a truly class “number 9”.
With the determination to bring the “number 9” about the Emirates in the summer transfer window this year, Arsenal contacted many strikers. It seems that the London capital team finally “closed” Viktor Gyokeres. According to sources provided by the British media, the Gunners have reached an individual agreement with the 27 -year -old Swedish striker. Accordingly, he agreed to join Arsenal on a 5 -year contract. The remaining problem is negotiations on the transfer fee of this striker with the Sporting Lisbon side. It is known that Arsenal has raised the recommended price to 80 million euros.
If successful in bringing Viktor Gyokeres to the Emirates this summer, Arsenal has found the perfect piece to complete the dream team for coach Mikel Arteta. The problem in the attack that the London capital team struggled, managed to suffer during the past few years seemed to be solved thoroughly. The Swedish player possesses all the qualities to become a hit striker in the English Premier League, to help Arsenal fulfill his dream of winning the Premier League for the first time since the 2003/04 season.
Back to Sporting Lisbon's Man City 4-1. After witnessing the performance of Viktor Gyokeres that day, former midfielder Rafael Van Der Vaart had to say: “Erling Haaland is of course very good. But Viktor Gyokeres did better than him. In the same opinion as Van der Vaart, legendary Marco Van Basten praised Gyokeres: “It is a realistic, strong, sharp and very intelligent striker. I really like Viktor Gyokeres.”
It is not too much to say that recruiting Gyokeres means that Arsenal has found a counterweight to compete for the title of “scorer” with the English Premier League with Erling Haaland. At the same time, they upgraded themselves to become the counterpart of Man City in the race to the 2025/26 Premier League championship. According to the statement from coach Rui Borges of Sporting Lisbon, the Swedish striker is one of the rare players of European football now capable of “turning around”, making the match change.
Gyokeres is a striker with a surfing, capable of neatly, very good at finding or creating enough gaps to launch shots. At the same time, he also has speed, endurance and personal techniques that are good enough to comfortably manage in cramped spaces. The intelligence also helps him to “bounce” very quickly in situations that need improvisation. In particular, Gyokeres not only kicked, he also often deeply stretched the opponent and know how to create – a great support for Bukayo Saka or Martin Odegaard.
In short, with Viktor Gyokeres, Arsenal actually completed the “blockbuster” contract of the summer of 2025. The striker scored 54 goals for Sporting Lisbon in the 52 appearances in all competitions in the previous season to make a counterweight with Erling Haaland and will become the perfect piece of the Arsenal champion.