{"id":486640,"date":"2025-10-09T21:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486640\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T21:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:20:14","slug":"arsenal-insiders-have-noticed-something-interesting-about-viktor-gyokeres-and-bukayo-saka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486640\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal insiders have noticed something interesting about Viktor Gyokeres and Bukayo Saka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Viktor Gyokeres again finds himself under pressure at Arsenal after six games without a goal in all competitions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A quiet debut at Old Trafford<\/a> attracted negative attention but was swiftly forgotten as the Swede scored three goals in his next three Premier League<\/a> appearances, but the Arsenal<\/a> No.14 now finds himself under scrutiny from outsiders again. <\/p>\n

Despite scoring just three goals in ten games, the Daily Mail<\/a> believe Arsenal are specifically pleased with Viktor Gyokeres<\/a> after noticing how the Sweden international has helped Bukayo Saka<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/ Click to subscribe to the podcast \"\"\/ <\/a>Viktor Gyokeres is giving Bukayo Saka more space to shine<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail state that Arsenal insiders have noticed how the \u00a364m arrival from Sporting CP is generating more space for the England international, as he occupies defenders with his strength and runs into the channel.<\/p>\n

Previously, it was felt inside the Emirates Stadium that Saka was being doubled up on by opponents in the absence of a striker who runs in behind \u2013 Kai Havertz tends to drop deeper into a false nine role \u2013 but the arrival of Gyokeres has changed that.<\/p>\n

The Arsenal No.7 has managed to score three goals in seven appearances despite missing three games with a hamstring problem, so the numbers reinforce the school of thought that playing alongside the man born in Stockholm is helping him.<\/p>\n

Arsenal did not intend to use Viktor Gyokeres immediately<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail also shared Arsenal\u2019s initial plan for Gyokeres \u2013 who has impressed Jermaine Jenas<\/a> with his movement.<\/p>\n

It is revealed that Mikel Arteta intended to begin the 2025\/26 campaign with Havertz in the starting XI.<\/p>\n

However, a serious knee injury \u2013 which the German has since undergone an operation on \u2013 changed everything.<\/p>\n

Arsenal identified Gyokeres as a player who would need time to adapt to the Premier League and settle in a new environment, but that plan quickly went out the window as Arteta found himself needing to rely on his \u00a364m signing straight away.<\/p>\n

Therefore \u2013 considering the circumstances \u2013 Gyokeres has performed well, having been forced to adapt sharply and embark on a different start to life in N5 than he expected. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Viktor Gyokeres again finds himself under pressure at Arsenal after six games without a goal in all competitions.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[161,2047,162,94,79,16,15,165],"class_list":{"0":"post-486640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-bukayo-saka","10":"tag-english-premier-league","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-viktor-gyokeres"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115346304891698475","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}