Viktor Gyokeres warming up together with his Sporting teammates (Picture by Jess Hornby/Getty Pictures)
Swedish striker Viktor Gyokeres has not turned up for pre-season coaching with Sporting Lisbon as he appears to push by means of a switch to Arsenal.
The 27-year-old was not in attendance for the beginning of pre-season with Sporting right this moment, in keeping with a report from Mais Futebol.
This follows Fabrizio Romano reporting on his YouTube channel that Gyokeres was adamant he wished to depart the Portuguese membership for a transfer to Arsenal.
Romano additionally made it clear that Gyokeres had no plans to return to coach with Sporting once more or play for them ever once more.
It now appears that has come to move, and Arsenal followers will hope this implies a deal is near being struck.
Viktor Gyokeres doing his greatest to drive Arsenal switch
It actually looks like Gyokeres is doing his greatest to drive Sporting into letting him be a part of Arsenal.
The previous Coventry Metropolis man has additionally apparently given up part of his wage from Sporting to assist pay for his method out of the membership, in keeping with Document.
Gyokeres’ message actually couldn’t be a lot clearer: he desires out of Sporting, and it appears Arsenal is his dream vacation spot.
In one other YouTube submit, Romano additionally said that Gyokeres had knowledgeable Manchester United of his choice to becoming a member of Arsenal.
Arsenal rebuilding their assault
In addition to a brand new striker, we might see a number of attacking midfield signings for Arsenal this summer time.
Whereas Gyokeres might be tasked with ending off probabilities, it may very well be that they’ll be being equipped to him by Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze.
As per Ben Jacobs within the X submit above, Arsenal’s transfer to signal Madueke from Chelsea is separate from their curiosity in Crystal Palace star Eze.
Madueke ought to present cowl on both the proper or left flank, permitting Mikel Arteta to rotate the likes of Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli a bit extra usually.
Eze, in the meantime, can play on the left or in a extra central position, maybe giving AFC a substitute for Martin Odegaard after his slight dip in type final season.
