{"id":63625,"date":"2025-07-14T01:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T01:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/63625\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T01:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T01:15:08","slug":"gyokeyes-arsenal-agree-deal-to-sign-prolific-sporting-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/63625\/","title":{"rendered":"Gy\u00f6keYES: Arsenal agree deal to sign prolific Sporting striker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal<\/a><\/strong> have agreed a deal to sign Sporting<\/a><\/strong> striker Viktor Gy\u00f6keres<\/a><\/strong> for a reported fee of \u00a355 million plus an additional \u00a38.6 million in add-ons, per David Ornstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After a drawn-out transfer saga, Mikel Arteta<\/a><\/strong> and new sporting director Andrea Berta<\/a><\/strong> look to have finally got their man, with the 27-year-old having already provisionally agreed terms of a five-year contract.<\/p>\n

Gy\u00f6keres is expected to undergo a medical early next week as plans for him to join Arsenal’s pre-season tour of Asia are finalised.<\/p>\n

The Gunners have been linked with a big-money striker acquisition for several transfer windows, but Mikel Arteta<\/a><\/strong> and fans have been left frustrated time after time, having missed out on these targets in recent years.<\/p>\n

Gy\u00f6keres had been a long-term target for the north London juggernauts, making their revived interest in the Swede this summer unsurprising, as Arsenal’s need for striking reinforcements persisted.<\/p>\n

In truth, Arsenal had failed to ever adequately replace Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/a><\/strong> and Alexandre Lacazette,<\/a><\/strong> a little over three years after the duo departed the club.<\/p>\n

But the revelation of signing a striker who, in just two seasons for Sporting, has scored 68 league goals, as well as netting 11 goals in Europe, there is cause for optimism that the Gunners’ frontline can reach their former heights.<\/p>\n

Gy\u00f6keres is not expected to be the only attacking addition at the Emirates before the new campaign gets underway, with a deal for Chelsea<\/a><\/strong>‘s Noni Madueke<\/a><\/strong> reportedly complete pending a medical, while interest in Eberechi Eze<\/a><\/strong> and Rodrygo persists.<\/p>\n

It will not be Gy\u00f6keres’ first taste of English football, with the striker having spent three years with Brighton & Hove Albion,<\/a><\/strong> during which time he spent time on loan with Swansea City<\/a><\/strong> and Coventry City<\/a><\/b> before joining The Sky Blues permanently for two years.<\/p>\n