Can't say I blame him, just look at the mess
Viktor Gyökeres | Arsenal Player
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I would be cautious about saying prime while in the Portugal league. Many strikers in their prime, once they moved from Portugal to a better league, are nowhere near good enough. Happened with Darwin, happened with Taremi at Inter. What's really scary is that they went into well-drilled teams, and still can not find their way, while they were tearing it apart over there. Imagine bringing Gyokeres last year, when we were all over the place.
I don't think he's very good. An awful lot of what he does is "slightly more refined Hojlund". I don't think he'd transform us.
He'll do better than anyone we have, but I think he'd ultimately be a flop. Not that it matters, because he'd never choose to come here (unless suspiciously nobody else was interested).
He'll do better than anyone we have, but I think he'd ultimately be a flop. Not that it matters, because he'd never choose to come here (unless suspiciously nobody else was interested).
I don't think he will get shocking wages. He's not getting more than Saka, Odegaard and co. 140k - 160k would triple his wages and be a fair offer.
Wait so you’re telling me that Arsenal wont offer 10x of his current salary? Why dont you behave like a big club that offered 200k to a 20k pw player in Antony?
There is zero chance Gyokeres, Sesko, or anyone get less than 200k/week as leading striker in a top 4 EPL club.
Absolutely, very naive to think otherwise. His agent is doing a really poor job if he gets him anything under 200k a week.
Gyökeres is the perfect option.
If we win the Europa League he wouldn’t have any reason not to come here.
Manchester United can offer the same or even superior salary than Arsenal does.
The failure of Man Utd is that they spent badly their money overpaying for avrage players (for exemple: Zirkzee, Onana, Hojlund, Sancho, Wan-Bissaka etc.) and giving away good players at low cost (McTominay).
Gyökeres has the perfect qualities for Manchester United, and it’s better to spend a little more money on him than overpaying for some average players.
If we win the Europa League he wouldn’t have any reason not to come here.
Manchester United can offer the same or even superior salary than Arsenal does.
The failure of Man Utd is that they spent badly their money overpaying for avrage players (for exemple: Zirkzee, Onana, Hojlund, Sancho, Wan-Bissaka etc.) and giving away good players at low cost (McTominay).
Gyökeres has the perfect qualities for Manchester United, and it’s better to spend a little more money on him than overpaying for some average players.
We won't sign him this summer, it's pretty clear. INEOS main target is Liam Delap, and Gyokeres wants to play for a better club than Utd. Arsenal would be a perfect destination for him. INEOS doesn't want to splash a lot of money and their main targets are younger players with lower wages. Gyokeres would be my dream signing but it's pretty clear that we won't sign him this summer. We are going to continue to sign average and unproven players and that's the sad reality of our club.
He will probably have joined Arsenal before we know whether it's Champions League or nothing next season
You think he'll be signed by Arsenal in the next week? Not happening. There's negativity based on nothing and there's this mate
Barcelona need to pull a lever and sign this guy.
The minute Ornstein said Utd think he's going elsewhere a few months ago I thought it was over. He then specifically talked up Berta wanting him for Arsenal recently which I think is very telling. Listen nothing would make me happier than to be proved wrong but don't see it happening.You think he'll be signed by Arsenal in the next week? Not happening. There's negativity based on nothing and there's this mate
I don't believe we're signing him, but he's not signing for Arsenal in the next week, which was your point.
Nope. We need them to sign Rashford.
Pretty clear based on?
Previous report from Ornstein saying Utd feel he will go elsewhere in the summer
He'd be a fool to sign here before any other business has been made official. Only chance I can see is if we get Cunha and a couple of other quality additions, which would make it more likely that he has enough to work with up front. Even then there is a lot more certainty in other clubs.
Yeah I think he sees too much uncertainty here in terms of being able to compete next season which I understand
Objectively he would be crazy to choose us over Arsenal. A team 2nd in league and SF of CL, who create plenty of chances and desperate for a goal scorer. None of us know if Amorim will be here by Xmas, I reckon its 50:50 at best.
We'd, or any other club would also be a fool to sign him. Think he and the Portuguese league knows he needs to avoid a Premier League club for the reputation of their league that their best player will flop in England
Coping mechanism for him going to Arsenal there
Yeah, I’m checking in on that one in about 6 months or so.
Annoying they don't need more than just a striker, maybe then we might have had a chance of signing him
we have no chance of signing him if we don't win the europa final against Spurs
It really isn't. I wouldn't say the same about Isak and Ekitike. Maybe Sesko who I don't rate particularly highly but certainly Gyokeres who I think is the most overrated striker in the world.
Arsenal is not good at transition and I just don't see how Gyokeres fits in. Unless Arteta dramatically changes his style of play Sesko with his strength, height and skill, fits better as a target man against teams play with low block.
We do mate. We'll probably sign 4 or 5 players this summer, we need to with the players that will leave.
Taremi was not at his prime, his last season for Porto was awful.
Plus he is 32 years old.
I meant in terms of last piece of jigsaw, so who would you prefer out of him or Sesko given a choice
We need to sign 2 strikers, a number 10, a midfielder, a wingback and a goalkeeper.
We don’t have the budget for everything let alone having a marquee signing in Gyokeres.
Utd aren't going to buy Gyokeres. We can't afford it with all the other parts of the team that need fixing. It's why Delap is our no1 target this summer for striker. Fixed fee at £30mil. Gives us head room to buy players for other positions.
Ah, I get you. Tough 1 to be honest, and seems to be the big debate that's going on between Arsenal fans.
Like @ThierryHenry14 says, Sesko probably fits the current style of play a bit better, and is seen as having the most potential upside, but I do still worry he's a bit raw still and will take a while to get there.
Gyokeres is obviously in his prime, but there's obviously the question mark about the quality of the league he plays in, and if his style of play will suit Arsenals style.
I think personally I would go for Gyokeres, because we already have Havertz who can play the target man / false 9 role, I would like our style of play mixed up a bit and to play a bit quicker through the lines. I want a striker who is hungry and just wants goals, we don't have that with Jesus and Havertz.
I personally don't think we are welded to a particular style of play, last season we had Havertz, Jesus and Nketiah as striker options, and they are 3 different type of players. I think we mould to the forward we have and could do again.
Think the problem we all have is there doesn't seem a striker available that ticks all boxes. All have pros and cons, and we all just have to hope the 1 they plump for works out at our respective clubs. I wouldn't be mad if they choose Sesko, or even Watkins. I'm glad I don't have the pressure of making that decision.
If we don't buy Semenyo/Mbeumo we could certainly afford Gyokeres?
We could do with Ekitike still being on the market next summer as might have a better chance then
What is it within his game that makes you say he will fail should he join a PL team?
If he goes to a dominant team he will score.
So probably a better option to Arsenal than United.
Portuguese press are saying he is Arsenal bound, but that’s not worth much tbf.
So probably a better option to Arsenal than United.
Portuguese press are saying he is Arsenal bound, but that’s not worth much tbf.
A beast! We're gonna miss him dearly.
The media here are saying the same, Berta at Arsenal is a fan and wants to move for him and supposedly they are Gyokeres first choice. I can see why he would want to go there on the surface but I do think their window may actually be closing even with the addition of a goalscorer.
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