Arsenal reach total agreement to sign Viktor Gyokeres with new squad No confirme | Football
Viktor Gyokeres is set to be officially confirmed as an Arsenal player after the Gunners reached a total agreement with Sporting Lisbon.
The summer’s longest running transfer saga is finally at an end with Arsenal set to pay an initial £54.8million plus a further £10m in add-ons.
With the minutiae of the deal having taken over a week to ratify, Gyokeres missed the chance to join up with his soon-to-be new teammates ahead of the start of Arsenal’s pre-season tour.
The Gunners beat AC Milan 1-0 in Singapore earlier this week and are back in action this weekend against Newcastle.
Gyokeres is set to undergo his medical in London on Saturday and if all goes well he will fly out to the Far East ahead of Thursday’s north London derby against Tottenham.
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According to The Athletic, the 27-year-old has already been assigned the No.14 shirt made famous by Theirry Henry during his prime.
Gyokeres will represent Arsenal’s sixth signing of the window so far with Cristhian Mosquera’s arrival having been confirmed on Friday.
Expert analysis: Viktor Gyokeres
Gyokeres is a bunch of different strikers blended into one. He’s a bulldozer, but he’s also got that turn of pace and knack of finding himself in shooting areas. Some strikers, you can see they overthink things, but he’ll shoot first and ask questions later.
At 6ft 2in, he could definitely add an aerial presence to his game to take himself to the next level, but he’s very good at using his chest as a magnet to win these aerial duels.
He may not be as fearless as others when it comes to aerial duels, but he knows how to use his strengths to his advantage to hold up the ball and bring others into play.
He’s not someone like Roberto Firmino who is going to be dropping deep, so if Arsenal need to change certain things to get the best out of Gyokeres then they should.
Zach Lowy, European football expert
‘It means a lot to me,’ said the Spain defender in his first inteview. ‘There’s been a lot of hard work behind all of this.
‘It’s an opportunity that came up and I couldn’t let it pass me by. I’m joining a historic, massive club. When you arrive here with your family, you really feel the greatness of this place.’
Cristhian has already been given a bit of an insight into what life is like at Arsenal, having played alongside former Gunner Gabriel Paulista at Valencia as well as ex-academy product Yunus Musah.
‘I have special friendships with both of them,’ Mosquera revealed. ‘I’ve stayed in touch with them.
‘When Gabi and I were at Valencia, he always said Arsenal was on a different level and something magical and I also played with Yunus once here in London. He said the same about how huge this club is.’
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Arsenal reach total agreement to sign Viktor Gyokeres with new squad No confirme | Football
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