Overview
- Assistant to agent Hasan Cetinkaya, Jonathan Chalkias, says Sporting CP finalised a higher‑fee agreement with Manchester United without the player’s camp being informed, but Gyökeres insisted on joining Arsenal.
- Gyökeres’ representatives claim Saudi Pro League proposals were extraordinarily lucrative yet were rejected in favour of the London move.
- Arsenal completed a transfer worth about £64m in late July after the forward refused to report for Sporting’s pre-season to force the switch.
- The Sweden international has three goals in roughly ten appearances, including a six‑game drought, as Mikel Arteta and pundits urge patience and praise his mentality and work rate.
- Club insiders report his runs are creating space for Bukayo Saka, and plans to bed him in gradually changed after Kai Havertz’s knee injury increased his early minutes.