Viktor Gyokoker is open for a step to Arsenal this summer, Talksport understands.
The Gunners will open the talks with Sporting after they have identified Gyokoker as an achievable option than Alexander Isak from Newcastle.
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Gyokokeres is impressed by the Arsenal project.
The Swede has had for the Portuguese champions in 2023 since his arrival at the Club from Coventry City.
The 26-year-old scored amazing goals for the Lisbon Club in 93 games last November in 93 games in 93 games.
Arsenal boss Mikel Areta urgently needs a firepower in the attack and identified the striker as the ideal candidate to lead the Gunners’ frontline next season.
And the Spaniard would be impressed by the recent exploits of the strikers a breathtaking Panenka elf in the 2-0 victory in Portuguese-Cup semi-final against the 2-0 semi-final against Rio Ave on Thursday.
The Gunners have long been connected to a change for Gyokoker, and according to Andy Brassell, the European football expert, the Swede Arsenal would offer everything for a striker.
“He was trained very, very well by Ruben Amorim and has continued his way under Joao Pereira and Rui Borges since then,” Brassell told Transuropas Express from Talksport.
“The fact is, he has everything you want in a center forward. He is fast, he is strong, he is big, it is not easy to intimidate, he can do both create and score.
“Gyokoker has everything you could need, and many people I know who watch the championship pretty closely were surprised to really try to try sports [on him].
“And I think Amorim really had to ask the board to buy it, it was a record transfer fee for the sport of € 20 million [£16.7m] And has repaid several times.
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“And if you sell it, you will sell it for a conservative estimate of at least three times.
“I think what you already see is Andrea Berta, the new sports director who has joined Arsenal from Atletico Madrid.
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