{"id":19014,"date":"2025-07-27T05:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T09:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/arsenal-signs-viktor-gyokeres-heavy-artillery-for-the-gunner-attack\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T05:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T09:09:07","slug":"arsenal-signs-viktor-gyokeres-heavy-artillery-for-the-gunner-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/arsenal-signs-viktor-gyokeres-heavy-artillery-for-the-gunner-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal signs Viktor Gy\u00f6keres: Heavy artillery for the Gunner attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arsenal secures Viktor Gy\u00f6keres: Luxury reinforcement for the attack<\/h2>\n\n\nArsenal has completed the expected signing of striker Viktor Gy\u00f6keres, coming from Sporting CP. The official announcement was made this Saturday, marking an important milestone for the club.\n\nAccording to sources close to Alofoke Deportes, the deal was closed at a figure close to 63 million euros, with an additional 10 million in bonuses. Gy\u00f6keres, 27 years old, has signed a five-year contract with the Premier League team, and will wear the number 14 on his new club.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><b>How Viktor Gy\u00f6keres became Europe&#8217;s star striker<\/b><\/li><li><b>The Premier League prepares for an epic title battle<\/b><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nThe negotiations between Arsenal and Sporting CP extended for a while, due to disagreements over the details of the bonuses related to the player&#8217;s performance.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;We are delighted to welcome Viktor Gy\u00f6keres to the club,&#8221; said Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Mikel Arteta<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nArteta highlighted Gy\u00f6keres&#8217; consistency and impressive goalscoring figures, emphasizing his speed, power, and ability to score goals. In addition, he emphasized his intelligence in movement within the area, which makes him a constant threat.\n\nThe Swedish striker arrives with a brilliant reputation and was the subject of interest from other important clubs.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0726%2Fr1524005_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Viktor Gy\u00f6keres con la camiseta del Arsenal\" title=\"\"><figcaption>La larga b\u00fasqueda del Arsenal por un delantero de referencia llega a su fin con la llegada de Viktor Gy\u00f6keres.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nGy\u00f6keres scored 54 goals last season in all competitions with Sporting, the most for a player at a top-tier club. In total, he scored 68 goals in 66 appearances in the Portuguese league, since joining from Coventry City in 2023.\n\nArsenal&#8217;s sporting director, Andrea Berta, expressed his satisfaction with this signing, highlighting Gy\u00f6keres&#8217; exceptional talent and winning mentality.\n\nGy\u00f6keres will bring more offensive power to an Arsenal side that was affected by injuries in the second half of last season.\n\nArteta hopes Gy\u00f6keres will join the club&#8217;s pre-season tour, with matches scheduled against Newcastle in Singapore and Tottenham Hotspur in Hong Kong.\n\nThe Arsenal has finished in second place in the Premier League for three consecutive seasons.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal secures Viktor Gy\u00f6keres: Luxury reinforcement for the attack Arsenal has completed the expected signing of striker Viktor Gy\u00f6keres, coming from Sporting CP. The official announcement was made this Saturday, marking an important milestone for the club. According to sources close to Alofoke Deportes, the deal was closed at a figure close to 63 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[140,139,2446,2447],"class_list":{"0":"post-19014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-premier-league","10":"tag-sporting-cp","11":"tag-viktor-gyokeres"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}