Viktor Gyokertes could force Arsenal and Mikel Arteta to make an annoying decision if he joins the Gunners this summer.
Gyokerres, 27, seems almost certain to become an arsenal player before the 2025/26 Premier League campaign. This occurs after the Sporting CP striker scored 54 times in 52 appearances for the Lisbon Club when they obtained a double league and cup in 2024/25.
Earlier this week, David Ornstein of athletics Said that Arsenal was in the process of concluding an agreement as the final stages of negotiations take place with regard to an agreement worth 54.8 million pounds sterling, more than 8.6 million pounds sterling in additional modules. The attacker’s agent would have even given up on his costs to conclude an agreement.
Speaking on the Sky Sports back pages podcastOrnstein has published a new update earlier this week.
“However, they must finish it,” said Ornstein. “And, you know, they work to finish it.
“And there is an agreement in principle, which is for fees of 63.5 million euros plus 10 million euros in the additional modules.
“But they still need to somehow put the final touch to the nature of these complementary modules. And there are reports from Portugal this evening that the sports president, Federico Varandas, wants a kind of 10 million additional guaranteed and guaranteed modules.
“Perhaps Arsenal’s reflections on how you arrive at these complementary modules are a bit different. And I assume that they are natural parts of the closing stages of negotiations. And it can become a little tense and complicated, especially because, you know, it has been complicated everywhere.”
If Gyokerres completes the proposed move, he will become the fourth signature of the summer Gunners after the arrivals of goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga and the fields Christian Norgaard and Martin Zubimendi.
However, his potential arrival could force the club to a fairly embarrassing decision, two other players, not too satisfied.
During his stay in Coventry City between 2021 and 2023, the Swedish international wore “17” at the back of his shirt before converting into “9” when he signed for sport in 2023.
And it would be just to assume that he will probably want to remain a new number if he joins Arsenal. However, this means that the current number nine Gabriel Jesus should cancel the number of having worn him since he was transferred from Manchester City in 2022.
The Brazilian always recalls a tear of the anterior cross ligament (ACL) which he suffered in mid-January.
Of course, a second option is the Oleksandr Zinchenko 17, a number he has worn since the start of the 24/25 campaign.
Zinchenko, 28, presented only 15 times in the Premier League last season after having fought for the first team after the emergence of adolescent Myles Lewis-Skelly.
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