Viktor Gyökeres is expected to fulfill the hopes for a true Number Nine at FC Arsenal. But after only a short time, The First Doubts are Being Raized.
If his name Hadn’t Appeared on the Match Report, Some Might Conclude That He Hadn’t Played at all.
“New Striker, Same Old Problems,” Headlined the Daily Mail After Arsenal’s Friendly Defeat Against FC Villareal (2: 3) on Wednesday Evening.
Viktor Gyökeres in the Arsenal Jersey
The Reference IS OF COURSE to the million dollar Newcomer Viktor Gyökeres, who was Barely Seen in his debut in Front of a New Home Crowd in North London and Waised in Vain for a Ball into the Center.
Criticism of Arsenal’s system
The Record of the Up to 76 Million Expensive Swede, Who Had Already Remained Pale Last Week Against Tottenham (0: 1): 14 Ball Contacts, Not a Single Shot on goal, End of Work After 62 Minutes.
“It Won’t Be a Night He’ll like to look back on,” The Sun Summarized Gyökeres’ Appearance in One Sentence.
What reads like an unambiguous criticism of the 27-year-old Himelf, However, Has a Greater Significance That Aims Deep Into Arsenal’s Playing System.
Gyökeres Hardly Gets Any Balls
Because what England’s Press Mainly Observed Was Desperate Attacker Who was Hardly Played and Had to Settle for “Crumbs,” According to the Daily Mail .
In Fact, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli, who started on the outside lanes, Had Repeatedly Song Own Own Way to The Gate Without Paying Attention to Gyökeres in the Center – A Circumstance that Not Do Justice to The Longing for a Real Num Nine, Yet Everyone – And Especialy the fans – Believed that Such a Player was Missing from the Gunners.
This Longing Found Expression on Wednesday Evening, When Thousands of Fans Flocked to the Emirates With the Number 14 To See The New Super Striker Live in Color – that Number 14, which ONCE WORN BY THE IMMORTAL Thierry Henry and which arsenal this Summer at 65.8 Million Euros Fixed Transfer Fee Plus Another 10.3 million Possible Bonuses to Finally Defeat the Master Curse That Lasted Since 2004.
Scholes Doubts Gyökeres
But not everone is convinced by this solution: “Arsenal Needed a Center Forward, I Just Wonder If You have picked the right one,” Said United Legend Paul Scholes in the format “The Overlap”.
The Reason for his Doubts: “Because there was a lot of back and forth, i wondered if mikel arteta real wanted him, as his desired candidate. I’m not quite sura, but now now.”
Since the Spanish Coach Has Been with the Gunners, He has never played with a classic number Nine, as Gyöker’s represents. First it was Gabriel Jesus, Later Kai Havertz and in the Meetime Eddie Nketiah, Who Can Take This Role Most Likely – But None of Them Brought to Make The Decisive Goals at the Decisive Moment.
Areta Asked
The Consquence: Arsenal FOGHT this Summer for A “Real Striker” – And After Tough, Seemingless Negotiations with Sporting Lisbon, They Got Gyökeres, The Man with a Feens Thousand Goals in 50 Games (in Fact, It was 54 Goals in 52 Games Last Season), the man who to score the decisive goal at the decisive moment.
Whether that real works Now Depends above all on arteteta, who to integrate gyökeres and give him the tactical opportunities to score the goals that arsenal so urgently Needs for the championship.