Arsenal: Viktor Gyokeres advised by long-time mentor to join Gunners in 'crazy' transfer deal

The Swedish prima is 1 of the hottest properties successful Europe, and futher boosted his credentials with a four-goal haul for his nationalist squad connected Tuesday night.

It has taken his tally to a singular 32 goals for nine and state this season, and prompted links with Manchester United fixed manager Ruben Amorim has conscionable near Sporting for Old Trafford.

But it is Premier League rivals Arsenal who Gyokeres has been told to join, by erstwhile Gunners and Sweden midfielder Limpar.

"I cognize Gyokeres precise good personally, I was a spot of a mentor for him erstwhile helium played for Brommapojkarna, helium and Ludwig Augustinsson. So, I’ve talked a batch astir nonrecreational beingness with him," Limpar told FotbollDirekt.

"He’s a fantastically hardworking guardant who scores a batch of goals.

"If we astatine Arsenal [were to] bargain Gyokeres, past helium volition decidedly telephone me. But past to spot Gyokeres astatine Arsenal, that would beryllium crazy.

"His enactment rate, helium runs similar a madman. When it doesn’t enactment retired for Viktor, helium works his mode into the crippled with uncomfortable runs.

"When different apical forwards aren’t doing well, they don’t enactment truthful hard for the team, they prevention their energy, Viktor ne'er saves his energy. When things are a spot slow, helium works his mode into a crippled with runs, that’s wherefore it has gone truthful well."

Limpar has nary concerns implicit Gyokeres adapting to beingness successful the Premier League, fixed his clip with Coventry City successful the Championship.

He added: "We person to retrieve that the Portuguese league is inferior to the Premier League, but erstwhile Manchester City came to sojourn Lisbon, helium scored a hat-trick, truthful he’s afloat susceptible of scoring successful England.

"He has played for Coventry and scored goals, helium knows the English mentality. I deliberation his adjacent measurement is to play successful the Premier League and helium tin truly take which squad helium wants to play in."