Gyokeres Unveiled Before Arsenal Beat Newcastle

New Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres was introduced to nan crowd successful Singapore while 15-year-old Max Dowman erstwhile again impressed arsenic nan Gunners hit Newcastle 3-2 successful pre-season.

Gyokeres completed a move worthy up to £64m to nan Gunners from Sporting connected Saturday and waved to fans from nan transportation earlier kick-off.

However, nan Arsenal fans wrong nan National Stadium did not get agelong to bask nan infinitesimal arsenic Anthony Elanga scored his first extremity successful Newcastle colours pinch a scuffed effort aft Sandro Tonali picked him retired wrong nan container successful nan sixth minute.

The Gunners did person chances done Kai Havertz and Ben White but yet drew level erstwhile Mikel Merino vanished good from a clever Havertz flick connected successful nan 33rd minute.

Just 2 minutes later Arsenal were successful beforehand erstwhile Havertz's debased transverse was slammed into his ain nett by Newcastle left-back Alex Murphy.

Newcastle made 9 changes astatine half clip and Arsenal almost extended their lead erstwhile Nick Pope saved good from an acrobatic effort from Bukayo Saka.

It was 1 of those 9 subs who past drew Newcastle level erstwhile Jacob Murphy was allowed abstraction to sprout from nan separator of nan area and nan shot bobbled past David Raya.

Arteta erstwhile again brought connected highly rated 15-year-old Dowman and nan guardant won a punishment pursuing a skillful run, pinch skipper Martin Odegaard scoring from nan spot to springiness Arsenal nan win.

Arsenal recreation to Hong Kong adjacent week to play rivals Tottenham Hotspur while Newcastle return connected Team K League successful South Korea.

As soon arsenic it was announced earlier nan lucifer that Gyokeres would beryllium arriving successful Singapore, nan pre-season friends was not going to beryllium nan astir important taxable of nan day.

Supporters successful nan stadium were mimicking nan trademark ceremony of nan Swedish striker and, erstwhile he was welcomed to nan transportation from nan passageway surrounded by flames, nan sound levels went up a notch.

The 27-year-old guardant has not trained pinch his caller team-mates and came consecutive from nan airdrome to nan stadium to shake hands nan crowd.

Germany guardant Havertz has done an fantabulous occupation starring nan statement for Arsenal complete nan past mates of seasons but Gyokeres is nan type of accepted centre-forward Gunners fans person been crying retired for.

"We are ace happy to person Victor pinch us, it's been a agelong travel to get him complete here." Mikel Arteta said astir his caller signing.

"He's been incredible, he was very clear from nan opening wherever he wanted to play and really passionate I felt from him from time 1 erstwhile we first spoke.

"You tin spot nan boys, you tin spot nan situation arsenic well, very excited pinch his arrival."

Gyokeres could make first quality for Arsenal against rivals Tottenham Hotspur successful Hong Kong connected Thursday but nan Swede has not trained pinch a squad since nan extremity of May.

"We will measure him tomorrow, he's done each nan medicals, everything is looking good," said Arteta.

"But to get him up to velocity pinch nan correct levels of fittingness I deliberation is very important.

"So we're not going to extremity him, we want him pinch america arsenic speedy arsenic imaginable but we'll person to measure and nan aesculapian squad will do that." Arteta said.

Dowman was a fistful erstwhile he came connected and Arteta was afloat of praise for nan promising youngster.

"Yeah, it is special." he said. "Obviously what he's done coming against this squad successful nan clip that he had connected nan transportation is thing surely not communal to witnesser for a 15-year-old.

"We are highly happy to person him. I deliberation again nan situation that he's astir in, his family, nan group astatine nan nine and astir nan academy arsenic good [is] ace adjuvant because they put him into this position truthful early successful his journey."

The only existent interest from nan lucifer for Arteta was that Riccardo Calafiori limped disconnected conscionable 2 minutes into nan 2nd half and was replaced by Jakub Kiwior.

Just for illustration Arsenal, it is nan speech astir a Swedish striker that has dominated nan club's clip successful Singapore.

Alexander Isak is considering his options amid liking from Liverpool and head Eddie Howe has had to section galore questions astir his striker's future.

Howe said that nan nine is looking to do business successful nan transportation model successful nan clip that remains and that immoderate happens pinch Isak's early "has to beryllium correct for Newcastle".

Another Swede Elanga, 1 of Newcastle's fewer summertime arrivals truthful far, sewage his first Newcastle extremity and was a agleam constituent successful onslaught alongside William Osula.