Viktor Gyökeres has finally woken up in the Premier League arena in an Arsenal shirt with three goals in the last two games. Against Chelsea in the first semi-final of the League Cup also scored, in the last two Champions League games the same. Still, Arsenal are looking towards the striker who didn’t bother to stand in the shadow of Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez. Now there are reports that the city rival intends to maneuver his way to this signing.
Teamtalk’s “transfer insider” reported at the end of January that Alvarez was a signing target for Arsenal, with sources claiming the Gunners are ready to offer either Gabriel Jesus or Gabriel Martinelli in an attempt to bring down the price of Alvarez. Chelsea are on the same track. Now it is reported from Argentina Arsenal have been relegated from pole position.
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According to ESPN Argentina, “Chelsea are leading Arsenal in the battle for Alvarez”, now in the advanced phase of negotiations (we have stopped being surprised by everything that happens in the negotiating rooms outside the transfer windows).
Chelsea already have Joao Pedro and Liam Delap in their squad, but they see Alvarez as the world-class number 9 needed to score the club to new Premier League glory.
Atletico Madrid are reported to be open to selling the striker, but first open the door to bids of 100 million euros.
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This will be a huge battle between rivals Arsenal and Chelsea for the player with 40 goals in 89 appearances in an Atletico shirt, before it showed the Argentine World Cup champion he fits perfectly in the Premier League, with 20 goals and 11 assists in 67 league games for City.
