Is Viktor Gyokeres best suited to Arsenal, Chelsea or Man Utd?

Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are each keen to motion Sporting Lisbon prima Viktor Gyokeres, who conscionable scored a hat-trick against Manchester City.

Gyokeres found the backmost of the nett 3 times successful Sporting’s impressive 4-1 Champions League victory implicit Pep Guardiola’s broadside connected Tuesday night.

With a singular 66 goals successful 67 games for Sporting, the 26-year-old Sweden planetary has established himself among the most-wanted strikers successful Europe with Arsenal, Chelsea, United and City acceptable for a immense transportation race.

It was precocious reported that Gyokeres – who has a €100m merchandise clause – volition beryllium allowed to permission Sporting for a little interest successful the summertime transportation model astatine the extremity of the 2024-25 campaign.

But which nine makes the astir consciousness for Gyokeres and his vocation and who volition helium yet determine to join? Metro has decided to instrumentality a look astatine 3 contenders…

Arsenal

It’s nary concealed that Arsenal privation to enlistee a new, top-level No.9. They person been heavy linked to respective strikers successful the past fewer caller windows – including Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak, Napoli’s Victor Osimhen and Ivan Toney.

Gyokeres is besides connected their wishlist, contempt manager Mikel Arteta precocious rejecting the proposition that Arsenal are missing an out-and-out centre-forward to vie with the likes of Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus.

The northbound London nine are good suited to Gyokeres successful that he’d apt slot consecutive into their XI, though the aforesaid could beryllium said for some Chelsea and United.

The main quality betwixt Arsenal and the different 2 teams, putting them successful a somewhat stronger position, is that they’d beryllium genuine contenders for Premier League and European titles, with Chelsea and United seen arsenic longer-term projects.

Former Gunners defender Bacary Sagna feels Arsenal’s benignant of shot would beryllium cleanable for Gyokeres.

‘He’s amazing,’ Sagna told Metro. ‘He’s a axenic striker who would connection immoderate depth. 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.’

Chelsea

Chelsea can’t beryllium ruled retired either. Under the ownership of BlueCo, the westbound Londoners person nary occupation with spending large successful the transportation window.

The Blues bushed Arsenal successful a tense contention to motion Mykhailo Mudryk successful January 2023 and determination could beryllium a akin conflict to unafraid Gyokeres’ signature.

With Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nkunku impressing this word nether Enzo Maresca, Chelsea whitethorn determine to prioritise strengthening successful different areas.

But they’ve been warned by Gary Neville that they won’t adjacent the spread to different apical sides unless they bring successful a world-class striker similar Gyokeres.

Former Blues prima Pat Nevin, meanwhile, said successful May that ‘Chelsea request a elemental finisher’ and ‘someone who has bully numbers erstwhile the shot goes into the box’.

Gyokeres would surely acceptable the measure successful that respect – and similar Arsenal – Chelsea person the lure of being a London club, which is charismatic to immoderate overseas players.

Man Utd

United is possibly the astir evident prime for Gyokeres, fixed that his existent manager Ruben Amorim volition soon swap Sporting for Manchester himself.

Amorim has managed to get the champion retired of Gyokeres – but it’s improbable United volition motion him – unless 1 of Rasmus Hojlund, Joshua Zirkzee oregon Antony is sold.

It should besides beryllium noted that United’s sporting manager Dan Ashworth sold Gyokeres erstwhile helium was moving astatine Brighton.

Gyokeres has appeared to region himself from rumours helium could beryllium acceptable to travel Amorim to United.

‘I don’t know,’ Gyokeres said. ‘I’m here. As you tin see, I bask it astatine Sporting. ‘It’s thing I truly deliberation about.’

Amorim, meanwhile, has urged Gyokeres to enactment astatine Sporting for the remainder of the season.

Verdict

All 3 clubs could reason that they are champion suited to Gyokeres. But Metro predicts that Arsenal are the astir apt to onshore his signature astatine the moment.

However, Gyokeres whitethorn determine to snub the batch of them and prime City, who presumption him arsenic a imaginable successor to Erling Haaland, oregon adjacent Liverpool if they escaped up funds by offloading Mohamed Salah, who has been tipped for a summertime exit.

It’s besides a anticipation that the Swede could cull the Premier League altogether and determination to a apical nine successful Spain, Germany, Italy oregon elsewhere.

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