Arsenal defender William Saliba has despatched a transparent message to the remainder of the Premier League – going through Viktor Gyokeres goes to be a nightmare.
The Swedish ahead sealed a €63million switch from Sporting CP final week – a price that would rise to €73.5m with add-ons – and wasted no time linking up together with his new team-mates on the membership’s preseason tour in Singapore.
Mikel Arteta’s aspect have been lively within the switch market, including six recent faces this summer time as they purpose to finish a four-year trophy drought.
For Saliba, Gyokeres could possibly be the ultimate piece of the puzzle after his personal expertise of making an attempt to cease him in Arsenal’s 5-1 victory over Sporting final November.
“We all know how good he’s, it’s scary to play in opposition to him,” Saliba stated. “After all, I’m so blissful to have him in my membership and I’m positive that he’ll assist us to win video games and win trophies.
“[He is scary] as a result of if you face a striker who scores targets, you need to be centered! However now he’s in our workforce and he’ll rating for us, in order that’s good.”
Arsenal supporters noticed a glimpse of their new striker when Gyokeres made his first look within the purple and white throughout a 3-2 win over Newcastle in Singapore.
His arrival has given the squad renewed optimism as they put together for an additional title push.
“Yearly is totally different. We have now to study from the final three seasons. After all, we’re fortunate to have an opportunity to compete within the Premier League once more to attempt to win”, Sailiba added.
“Our mindset is to win the Premier League and we are going to give all the things from the primary recreation. We have now lots of new gamers and they’ll hopefully assist us to win this league.”
Gyokeres is predicted to start full coaching classes with the workforce within the coming days as they journey from Singapore to Hong Kong, the place a showdown with rivals Tottenham will wrap up their Asian pre-season tour.
Whereas hypothesis has linked Saliba with Actual Madrid, the France worldwide was fast to minimize considerations about his future.
Negotiations over a contract extension are progressing, with Arsenal assured of tying him down past 2025.
“Yeah, hopefully. After all, there’s nothing now however there’s a good dialog with my agent and the membership. Let’s see.”