The Swedish international could help Arsenal end their 20-year title hunt. It has been an interesting season for Arsenal so far this year as despite looking far from their best for large parts of it.
They are currently just a single point behind Liverpool in first place,
And were it not for a challenging game away to Aston Villa over the weekend, they would be top of the Premier League – as they were for most of last year.
Mikel Arteta’s men have been far more mature in their approach to games,
And where their success was built upon frenetic attacks designed to overwhelm opponents last year, they boast the joint-best defence in the league this season.
The team’s attacking threat, while not bad, has been somewhat stunted this campaign,
And what has made this problem even more pronounced is the lack of a clinical finisher in the side.
Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Jesus have notched up goals in the league, but neither one is prolific,
So news that the club are interest in the far more lethal Viktor Gyokeres should excite fans.
Arsenal looking to sign Viktor Gyokeres to improve the attacking side
According to reports from Portugal (via Sports Witness), Arsenal one of several top European clubs interested in Sporting Lisbon’s new star striker,
Viktor Gyokeres, and the Gunners have been scouting the player ‘extensively’ in recent months.
However, should the north Londoners wish to sign the Swedish striker,
They will have to pay his release clause, at least that is what manager Ruben Amorim has said:
“I can’t guarantee anything, what I can say is what they tell me and that is any player only leaves through the clause.”
The former Coventry City star joined the Portuguese giants in the summer for a fee in the region of £20m,
And his current release clause is said to be €100m, or about £86m, which would represent the second most expensive purchase in Arsenal’s history were they to press on.
