Swedish striker Viktor Gyokeres is ready to finish his transfer from Sporting to Arsenal this weekend and be handed Thierry Henry’s iconic No.14 shirt.
The deal is ready to be value £63.5 million, and the ahead will fly out to fulfill his new team-mates in Asia for the Gunners’ pre-season tour.
The 27-year-old is anticipated to signal a five-year contract with the Premier League membership within the coming days.
Mikle Arteta has made it a precedence to usher in a top-level centre-forward, particularly after his facet fell quick in entrance of purpose final season, scoring 17 fewer than champions Liverpool and ending 10 factors behind them.
And now a whole lot of belief has been put within the former Coventry and Brighton striker, who will sport Henry’s well-known quantity on his again.
He additionally joins Theo Walcott and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in taking the quantity, two profitable Arsenal gamers.
Arsenal are presently in Singapore on the primary leg of their pre-season tour of Asia. When requested on Friday, Mikel Arteta mentioned: “I can not discuss a participant who isn’t ours but,” however did point out that any signing can be introduced into the squad as quickly as doable.
“For positive. Obviously as soon as now we have finalised every little thing with a participant we need to combine him with the workforce as rapidly as doable.
“With Noni it was unimaginable as a result of he wanted a while [after playing in the Club World Cup]. I believe he’s going to take a shorter trip than he deserves as a result of he needs to hitch us immediately, as quickly as we’re again.
“I believe instantly is healthier to allow them to begin to be part of the workforce, get to know one another and get the concepts we need to put of their minds.”
Gyokeres has attracted consideration all through the summer season window after a prolific season for Sporting, scoring 54 objectives in 52 matches.
Gyokeres has confirmed himself at each step of his profession. He netted 97 objectives in 102 video games throughout two seasons in Portugal and helped Sporting win consecutive Primeira Liga titles.
Prior to that, he was one of many standout forwards within the Championship with Coventry, the place he scored 43 objectives in 116 appearances and was named within the division’s workforce of the 12 months for 2022–23.
