Arsenal, Mikel Arteta and Viktor Gyokeres
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Transfer news LIVE!Arsenal are pushing to continue their spending spree this summer as they try to get a deal for Viktor Gyokeres over the line amid late competition, while Anthony Gordon is also reportedly a target.
The Club World Cup is over, and transfer season is fully taking center stage. Many of the world's biggest teams are still expected to make moves before the domestic season begins in August, and there's been no shortage of news on the transfer front.
Gyokeres was focused only on joining Arsenal and, despite late interest from elsewhere, he did not consider any other team.
Arsenal have reached a long-awaited agreement with Sporting for Viktor Gyokeres – and Myles Lewis-Skelly can’t wait to meet him. talkSPORT understands the Gunners have agreed a
Despite agreeing the basic framework of a move for Gyökeres weeks ago, Arsenal and Sporting found themselves butting heads over the nature of the add-ons proposed by the Gunners, which invited pressure of a potential hijack from long-term admirers Manchester United.
Now at the helm of Fenerbahce, Mourinho has just signed Jhon Duran, who many view as one of the best strikers of his age in Europe right now. If anyone’s opinion on strikers matters, it’s Mourinho’s, and his assessment of Viktor Gyokeres should really excite Arsenal fans.
Whether it be the patience of Sporting chiefs that snaps or another European giant capitalising on the confusion, Arsenal now appear at risk of repeating the same grave mistake they made 12 years ago. That summer, the pursuit of Liverpool forward Luis Suarez began amid a fervour of excitement among fans, and yet ended in ridicule.
Eze on the other hand enjoyed his best season to date with Palace. His haul of 14 goals and 11 assists in all competitions represented a better return than any Arsenal player in those departments, eclipsing Kai Havertz’s haul of nine goals and Bukayo Saka’s 10 assists.