Viktor Gyokeres, Alexander Isak and Martin Keown (Picture by Michael Campanella, Justin Setterfield/Getty Photographs)
Arsenal legend Martin Keown has commented on the Gunners’ want for a brand new striker, however has advised one high-profile goal wouldn’t be the reply.
Chatting with the Oxford Mail, former Arsenal defender Keown mentioned the hyperlinks with Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres, however raised one concern.
Though the Sweden worldwide has been on hearth for Sporting this season, scoring 26 objectives in simply 24 video games in all competitions to this point, however Keown is anxious that he isn’t pacey sufficient.
Keown even joked that he didn’t suppose Gyokeres would have been pacey sufficient for when he was nonetheless enjoying!
Arsenal legend uncertain about Viktor Gyokeres
“(Gyokeres) is just not fast sufficient and he wouldn’t have been fast sufficient in my day.”
Nonetheless, he additionally made it clear {that a} new signing up entrance appears to be like crucial, saying: “The gamers who’re there in the intervening time want to start out scoring objectives quick don’t they in any other case Mikel will put his palms in his pocket and purchase a ahead.”
Gyokeres to Arsenal would absolutely be a well-liked January transfer for lots followers because it’s laborious to think about he wouldn’t proceed to attain at a prolific price on this crew, however maybe Keown is correct that there are higher options on the market.
One concern with Gyokeres, apart from his tempo, may very well be that he hasn’t but confirmed himself in any of the Europe’s huge 5 leagues.
The 26-year-old has executed extraordinarily nicely at Sporting, however earlier than that he was enjoying within the Championship with Coventry Metropolis, so making the step as much as the Premier League would actually be a step into unknown territory.
Arsenal would possibly do higher to think about gamers extra confirmed at this stage, resembling Alexander Isak, or else a proficient younger participant like Benjamin Sesko, who’s younger sufficient to nonetheless develop and fine-tune his recreation to turn out to be an elite-level ahead.