Gyokeres on fire in England, ex-Sporting fails to impress: He'll flop | OneFootball

The former forward Troy Deeney harshly criticized the initial performance of Viktor Gyokeres, a former player of Sporting. The ex-English player expressed his belief that the Swede will not meet expectations in more demanding matches and that Kai Havertz will end up taking the starting position.

“I think he is good and I think he will score enough goals, but they won't be enough to surpass Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah, and Alexander Isak. I don't even believe, for what Arsenal needs in the attack, that Gyokeres will score more goals than João Pedro from Chelsea throughout the year,” Deeney began by saying in statements on talkSPORT.

The former Watford captain emphasized that the Swede does not have a history of appearing in big games: “When you look at his career total, and I do that, you realize he hasn't consistently scored in big games. And Arsenal will need that. So, when they played against Manchester United… no one answered the phone, but the following week, against Leeds, against whom he scored two goals, they called me. So, it will be something like this, ups and downs.”

The commentator also gave the example of the performance against Liverpool: “He did nothing against Liverpool, but there are games where they can really bring him in. Even if you don't score, you have to be a threat and make your opponents think: ‘Okay, I have to deal with you’. You have to create space for Saka, Eze, Madueke, or whoever it may be. In those moments, I think he will fail and I think in the big games, when everyone is at the same level, Havertz will be chosen to play,” he concluded.

Viktor Gyokeres - valued at 75 million euros - . In Arsenal's last game, the forward scored the second goal in the victory against Nottingham Forest (3-0).

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