Gyokeres To Complete Arsenal Move Over Weekend

Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres is expected to complete a move to Arsenal from Sporting this weekend.

BBC Sport has antecedently reported a £63.5m woody was successful nan last stages, pinch nan move only held up because of negotiations betwixt nan clubs complete add-on payments.

The 27-year-old has been fixed support to recreation successful bid to complete his aesculapian and is expected to motion a five-year statement and officially go an Arsenal subordinate successful nan adjacent mates of days.

The Arsenal squad is successful Singapore connected nan first limb of their pre-season circuit of Asia.

Gyokeres has been successful request during nan summertime transportation model aft scoring 54 goals successful 52 games for Sporting past season.

BBC Sport revealed earlier this period that Arsenal had turned their attraction to him aft hitting an impasse successful their bid to motion Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig.

The hunt for a striker has been a drawn-out process for head Mikel Arteta, who has been hopeless to adhd an elite centre-forward aft his broadside scored 17 less goals than Liverpool arsenic they vanished 10 points down nan Premier League champions.

The Spanish leader accrued his wide attacking options pinch nan signing of England winger Noni Madueke, 23, from Chelsea past week.

Former Brighton and Coventry striker Gyokeres scored 97 goals successful 102 matches during his 2 seasons successful Portugal and helped Sporting assistance back-to-back Primeira Liga titles.

During his clip astatine Coventry, he was 1 of nan astir prolific strikers successful nan Championship.

He scored 43 goals successful 116 appearances for nan Sky Blues and was named successful nan Championship squad of nan twelvemonth successful 2022-23 arsenic they reached nan play-off final. That summertime he signed for Sporting for astir £20m.

He made his Sweden debut successful 2019 against Finland and has 26 caps, scoring 15 goals.