Arsenal have Kai Haverts, he is good, but no Mohamed Salah or Erling Braut Haaland. – He is the top scorer at Arsenal, but only down to a shared 13th place in the Premier League with 6 goals. (Salah and Haaland both have 13th in a shared 1st place)
It’s no secret that the London club has been looking for a world-class striker for quite some time, the midfield is brilliant when captain Martin Ødegaard is in place and the defensive organization is very good. The set-up that manager Mikel Arteta has built up is perfect for a striker of Viktor Gyökere’s calibre.
Viktor Gyökeres, who recently became the Ballon d’Or as Sweden’s best player on the men’s side in 2024 in tough competition with Newcastle striker Alexander Isak, has a buyout clause in his contract with Sporting and can in principle pick and choose between Europe’s biggest clubs.
Everyone has been convinced that he would follow his old boss Ruben Amorim to Manchester United next summer, but that conviction has been weakened recently.
While Manchester United are effectively out of qualification for the Champions League, Arsenal are well on their way to securing a top spot this season as well. If you want to take the step up and be relevant for the Ballon d’Or for the whole world, you must play in the Champions League as well as international tournaments with your national team.
Football Transfers wrote yesterday and has been repeated a number of times by the English media that Arsenal have started talks to secure a transfer for Viktor Gyökeres.
The 26-year-old, who impresses big time for Sporting both in the Primeira Liga and in the Champions League, knows that the time to move on is now. Success is fresh in the minds of sporting directors all over the world, but success is perishable, the dip that Sporting got after the exit of Ruben Amorim a good month ago makes everyone “a little less hot”. Similarly, at least a year at Manchester United, without playing in Europe will be negative.
It is worth watching, for players, that everyone who has been bought in the last five years is heavily discounted when Manchester United try to sell them again.
Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta is keen to sign the goalscorer and will be working hard in the days ahead to convince him that they will be the best next step in a career that could be very exciting.
The London club is said to be “in contact” with Gyökeres.
The striker has 27 goals and five assists in 25 appearances for Sporting this season, and his contract with the Portuguese club runs until the summer of 2028.
