Arsenal urged to sign ‘amazing’ £85m star to provide Mikel Arteta ‘something different’

Arsenal have been urged to motion Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres to supply Mikel Arteta with ‘something different’ successful his hunt for a Premier League title.

The Gunners finished 2nd to Manchester City successful the past 2 seasons and past aboriginal crushed to the defending champions aft a 2-0 decision to Bournemouth past weekend.

Despite the awesome early-season signifier of Kai Havertz, the frustrating signifier of Gabriel Jesus has led galore to judge that the nine inactive request different marquee attacking signing they are going to extremity their 20-year hold for different league rubric finally.

One specified idiosyncratic is erstwhile Gunners defender Bacary Sagna who thinks the nine should renew their involvement successful Gyokeres who has continued his singular scoring grounds for Sporting since joining from Championship broadside Coventry past season.

The Swede, who scored 29 goals successful his maiden season, has already notched up 11 successful conscionable 8 games truthful acold this run and Sagna believes the 26-year-old could connection Arteta a antithetic illustration to his attacking options.

‘I’d similar to spot Arsenal spell for Viktor Gyokeres – he’s amazing. He’s a axenic striker who would connection immoderate extent to Arsenal,’ the Frenchman told Metro.co.uk

‘He’s besides rather gangly truthful whenever the squad are retired wide, they tin transverse the shot a spot much and that’s been missing a spot for me.

‘They request to find a solution successful and astir the container but sometimes you conscionable request to enactment it successful the box. He’ll assistance them beryllium unsafe from crosses and acceptable pieces and successful unfastened play, he’s objective and thing different.

‘I spot Gabriel Jesus and I similar his enactment ethic, but you request a spot of everything if you privation to beryllium capable to compete. You astir request 2 competitory teams successful the squad due to the fact that determination are truthful galore games a season.’

Gyokeres has a €100m (£85m) merchandise clause successful his declaration and, speaking past month, Sporting president Frederico Varandas insisted immoderate funny nine would person to deed that interest to motion the talisman.

‘A €100 cardinal clause and whether it tin beryllium met depends connected the player’s existent situation, age, and whether determination is much than 1 nine successful the running,’ the president said, via Record.

‘I’ve seen inferior players being transferred for implicit €100m, large players for nether €100m. Sporting is blessed to person Viktor and helium is blessed here.’

Gyokeres, meanwhile, antecedently hinted that helium had been priced retired of a power this summer, but helium is blessed astatine Sporting anyway.

‘They (Sporting) wanted astir of the starting players to enactment and held america tight,’ Gyokeres told Sport Bladet. ‘That’s however it turned out, but I bask Sporting precise much, truthful for maine it was nary occupation to stay.

‘It (release clause) was astir apt a spot excessively overmuch due to the fact that thing came of it. Of people it’s a batch of money. But we’ll spot what happens adjacent window.

‘Nothing happened and it feels similar I had a beauteous bully season. So yes, that’s astir apt wherefore determination was simply nary move. But that’s what Sporting thinks I’m worth, and past you person to respect that.

‘I bask myself precise overmuch successful Sporting and can’t kick astir anything, truthful it’s perfectly nary occupation for maine to stay. Of course, you purpose to trial different leagues and a higher level, but I person nary stress.’

Bacary Sagna was speaking to Metro.co.uk connected behalf of Paddy Power.

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