Viktor Gyökeres

I'm happy to.

Even when Gyokuro scored, it's the least I've reacted to a goal when I haven't been in enemy territory.

I was literally like,

okay

Why are they doing that? But it's because of what Noni's doing.

It's because of what Gyokuro's doing.

It's because of what Eze's doing.

It's because of what Marino's doing.

They cannot now... put themselves in a position where this is up for debate.

They can't now be in a position where they're not seizing the opportunity.

They absolutely must, right? Because prior to this, there was conversation about perhaps Gyokuro has been moved on in January.

There was talk about, has Eze completely fallen out of favor? There was all of that sort of stuff.

Yeah.

But Arteta, it is time you give chance to Viktor Gyokeres.

I beg, make you guys talk to him.

You see, there are games where he needs to-

It's because-

And you know say yeah.

It's because last season I saw something about Vi- uh, Gyokeres and then Ebereziechi, uh, Eze.

I noticed that, um, Gyokeres becomes more effective when you have a, a him-

But, you know, it's not like the days gone by when you were looking at a lot of Rangers attackers or midfielders and you were like, they clearly weren't, they didn't have the technical skills to worry teams.

I think, I still think, like, Gyökeres will, if you're a fullback up against Gyökeres, even if he's not gonna, you know, produce the cleanest of strikes or the cleanest of crosses, you're still worried about the fact that he's running past you and running away from you and, and getting a, putting a ball into a dangerous area.

I think Kim's clearly, his technical ability i- is so sharp and for me it's, it's a matter of time.

I, I s- I wrote this a couple of weeks ago.

Uh, what is it Mikel, is it Mikel Arteta that says, "No, you, you don't have subs anymore.

You've got starters and finishers," basically.

You still, you take a Gyökeres out, that's not to say he's not gonna have a part in the game.

He could have a massive part in the game, you know, 20 minutes to go, tw- when St. Johnstone get tired.

You know, is it good enough? Are these players good enough to fire us not just to Premier League glory again, but to European glory? Are we, um, suffering from the fact that we didn't bring in another top forward player? You could argue, and listen, I really like Christos Tzolias, I do, but you could argue that we bought no top attacking player in because even him, a player who obviously made his name predominantly in Belgian football, you know, has got a massive bridge to gap between where he was and where we need him to be for us to be able to categorize him as elite.

You know, we said all the same things about Victor Gyökeres when he came in.

It was really good numbers in Portugal, but it's Portugal, and it doesn't compare to the Premier League.

And because it doesn't compare to the Premier League, you can't jump to conclusions, and you can't assume that he will be able to fill his boots in English football the way that he did in Portuguese football.

I think when I'm talking about the attacking players, and I'm talking about whether we've got truly elite options, people often assume that I'm only talking about the wide areas.

No, I'm talking about a center forward as well.

Kai Havertz is a good, helpful, useful, versatile player for Arsenal, but he's not an elite striker, and neither is Viktor Gyökeres.

Okay? None of them are.