Overview

• Arsenal completed Gyokeres’s transfer from Sporting CP in late July on an initial £55 million fee that could rise to £64 million with add-ons, and the striker signed a five-year contract.
• The 27-year-old made an early impact by netting in Arsenal’s 3-0 pre-season win over Athletic Bilbao, reinforcing optimism around his adaptation.
• Mikel Arteta highlights Gyokeres’s eight-game loan at Brighton as a crucial development phase and commends his confidence and unique goal-scoring ability.
• Despite a 97-goal haul in 102 games at Sporting, pundits warn that replicating that form in the Premier League remains uncertain amid internal competition from Kai Havertz.
• Gyokeres is poised to make his competitive debut at Old Trafford on Sunday, where pundit Adrian Clarke expects him to test Manchester United’s young centre-back Leny Yoro.