{"id":11573,"date":"2025-07-06T18:58:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T22:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/06\/arsenal-has-confirmed-that-victor-gyoker-will-forward-negotiations-with-a-surprising-twist\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T18:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T22:58:47","slug":"arsenal-has-confirmed-that-victor-gyoker-will-forward-negotiations-with-a-surprising-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/06\/arsenal-has-confirmed-that-victor-gyoker-will-forward-negotiations-with-a-surprising-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal has confirmed that Victor Gyoker will forward negotiations with a surprising twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/06\/arsenal-has-confirmed-that-victor-gyoker-will-forward-negotiations-with-a-surprising-twist\/#Viktor_Gyokeres_Transfer_What_can_the_Swedish_striker_bring_to_Arsenal\" >Viktor Gyokeres Transfer: What can the Swedish striker bring to Arsenal?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/06\/arsenal-has-confirmed-that-victor-gyoker-will-forward-negotiations-with-a-surprising-twist\/#Gyokeres_statistics_and_other_top_strikers\" >Gyokeres statistics and other top strikers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Viktor Gyokeres and Mikel Arteta (Photo: Gualter Fatia, Alex Davidson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arsenal and Sport Lisbon are reportedly completing transfer negotiations over Swedish striker Victor Gyoker.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Swedish outlet Afton Bredette appears to be the first in the news, but others, such as Fabrizio Romano and David Ornstein, are also scrunching the story.<\/p>\n<p>Ornstein reports that Arsenal is in advanced discussions with Sporting as he is about to sign Gyoker on behalf of RB Leipzig Striker Benjamin Sesko.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, see Romano&#8217;s video submission. He says that even if it&#8217;s not done yet&#8230; it could be &#8220;go here&#8221; for Gyoker to join Arsenal very quickly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Sesco has been Arsenal&#8217;s top target for a long time, but things seemed to be on track at various points, but now that deal certainly appears to be off.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Viktor_Gyokeres_Transfer_What_can_the_Swedish_striker_bring_to_Arsenal\"><\/span>Viktor Gyokeres Transfer: What can the Swedish striker bring to Arsenal?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Gyoker is 27 years old and may not have played in one of Europe&#8217;s Big Five Leagues yet, but his goalscoring record in the sport is phenomenal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Viktor Gyoker celebrates sport scoring (Gualter Fatia\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former Coventry City man has scored an astounding 97 goals in 102 games in the sport in total, becoming one of the most coveted strikers on the market this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Other big clubs like Liverpool and Manchester United also wanted Gyoker, but Romano notes that players are prioritized for Arsenal.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gyokeres_statistics_and_other_top_strikers\"><\/span>Gyokeres statistics and other top strikers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Take a look at the graphics below to see how Gyoker compares to other related centres&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DataMB-Screenshot-4-414x461.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DataMB-Screenshot-4-630x701.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DataMB-Screenshot-4-768x855.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DataMB-Screenshot-4-770x857.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DataMB-Screenshot-4-900x1002.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DataMB-Screenshot-4-1200x1336.jpg.webp 1200w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DataMB-Screenshot-4-1380x1536.jpg.webp 1380w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DataMB-Screenshot-4.jpg.webp 1680w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 630px, (min-width:900px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 97vw, (min-width:414px) 414px, 100vw\"><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Viktor Gyokeres Stats Graph (Photo via Datamb)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It seems quite a bit that Gyoker says he looks much better than Sesko based on these numbers, but he really has himself against other big names like Alexander Isak and Robert Lewandowski.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal fans may have some reservations on the deal. And it&#8217;s probably fair to expect Gyoker to not score more than 50 goals in British football in a season.<\/p>\n<p>But at the same time, this clearly sees Arsenal being ready to put a lot of trust after the long saga, so fans must trust that they know what they&#8217;re doing.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viktor Gyokeres and Mikel Arteta (Photo: Gualter Fatia, Alex Davidson\/Getty Images) Arsenal and Sport Lisbon are reportedly completing transfer negotiations over Swedish striker Victor Gyoker. Swedish outlet Afton Bredette appears to be the first in the news, but others, such as Fabrizio Romano and David Ornstein, are also scrunching the story. 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