Viktor Gyökeres’ form still a talking point: Embarrassment? We need to... | OneFootball

Kieran Gibbs, a former 36-year-old English international who made his mark at Arsenal with six goals and 14 assists over 230 official matches between 2007 and 2017, came out this Wednesday in defense of Viktor Gyökeres - who saw his personal record equaled - , in statements made on the ESPN television station.

"I don't think we can call him a fraud after six months. We have to give him time. He is a prolific goalscorer, a natural goalscorer, and you can see it. There are other parts of the team that lead a striker to fire on all cylinders," he began by stating.

"I think they are constrained. If we go back ten years, all Arsenal fans were really crying out for a forward like this. I think Gyökeres only came to fit that profile of a striker that Arsenal so desperately wanted over so many years," he continued.

"Most of the team is conditioned to play with a pure forward, so I think there's just an adaptation period for Gyökeres. I love him, by the way. It's just taking some time - and maybe not that much time - for him, but it's also necessary for the players around him to get used to playing with him," he completed.

"If we take into account the overall picture, there has been a kind of drought. [Gabriel] Martinelli, [Bukayo] Saka, [Noni] Madueke... I think we're used to seeing high numbers in an attacking front, so it's not exclusively his [Viktor Gyökeres] fault (...). For me, it's purely mental. It seems they've stopped enjoying it," he concluded.

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