"Arsenal must be starting to regret their move to sign Viktor Gyokeres this summer after his very obvious struggles adapting to the Premier League. Gyokeres was hugely prolific at former club Sporting Lisbon, finding the back of the net a staggering 97 times in 102 appearances across two seasons. This prompted Arsenal to pay 64m to sign the Sweden international from Sporting last summer (fee via BBC Sport), with the deal looking like an exciting one to give Mikel Arteta"
"Arsenal will now surely be questioning if this was the right decision, however, as Gyokeres has not been nearly as impressive since coming to what is clearly a far more competitive league. Gyokeres needs to improve fast, because even if he was never likely to get quite as many goals for Arsenal as he did at Sporting, his numbers so far are well below what the club would have expected."
Viktor Gyokeres was prolific at Sporting Lisbon, scoring 97 goals in 102 appearances across two seasons. Arsenal paid 64m to sign the Sweden international last summer to provide a more natural goal-scorer than Kai Havertz or Gabriel Jesus. Gyokeres has struggled to adapt to the Premier League and is far less productive for Arsenal this season. Comparative stats show Sporting 24/25: 52 games, 54 goals (1.03 goals per game); Arsenal 25/26: 24 games, 7 goals (0.29). The signing carried risk due to lack of prior Premier League experience, and Ollie Watkins remained a proven alternative.
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