🚨 Ornbomb 🚨 Victor Gyokeres

[Roz]

Him coming in at his age, 50M+ and 200kpw+ is going to lead to very interesting conversations re: Havertz.

This signing being even a partial success means that our highest paid player is officially a squad player. I reckon they’ll start entertaining offers from next summer.

Havertz was always a fishy deal. Not to say I haven’t been impressed by his attitude though. Just a shame he has that albatross of a wage + fee around his neck.

I remember some saying we wouldn’t sign a high profile striker as a result of Havertz’s fee & wage, so at least the club have acknowledged we needed reinforcement I guess.

 

[Sebastes]

Not overly keen on this deal tbh. Feel like there’s serious limitations to his game and this all but takes us out the market for Isak next year.

Really need him to hit because if he flops we’ll have two underperforming strikers on massive wages that will probably end this cycle.

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Gyok Nation, we won

Were you team Watkins or Ekitike then? Seeing you voted Gyok…

Or just changed opinion?

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Remember when we wouldn't offer that extra 3m to get Xabi Alonso

I remember we also refused to pay 2m more for gk Schwarzer when we desperately need gk

 

[Sanchez11]

From a Sporting fan on the Caf

You can never have 100% certainty if a player delivers or not, but Viktor is perhaps the guy I'm more confident in, and it's not because of his skill, his pace, his stamina, his physicality. It's his focus, his ambition, his hunger.

I'll give a little context and backstory. 22/23 was a lacklustre season for Sporting. We started shakily, after selling our two midfielders Matheus Nunes and João Palhinha. Nunes left with the league alr4eady underway, and right before an important game with porto. Those first weeks were crucial and we never really got those points we lost back. We also lacked goals. Paulinho was our guy in the middle, and he wasn't delivering, so come that summer one of our main goals was a striker.
Now Sporting isn't rolling in cash, and given our past experiences, we fans were understandably worried when a similar saga as this one was unfolding. The agent was pushing Coventry, and they weren't budging.
Eventually we got him for a near record fee of 20+ million with extras up to another 4.

Our apprehension lasted all of 15 minutes into the 1st game against Vizela.
At 14 minutes, Viktor does this: ht tps://www.you tube.com/watch?v=OzZu_EHA4ME (I'm breaking the link so it doesn't imbed the video, since I don't know if that's against the rules or not)
But what happened next is why I KNOW he's a different beast from previous guys. After scoring on his debut, as soon as the game restarts, he is focused again, fighting again. He intercepts a back pass, drives into the edge of area, reverses and nets his second goal barely a minute after the 1st one.
ht tps:// www.you tube.com/watch?v=V6PJVS72u1Q

These minutes represent Gyökeres perfectly. Throughout his time here he's pretty much never waivered in his desire, his commitment to his objectives. He gave it 100% whenever he was on that pitch, he played everytime he was fit and many times when he wasn't. He didn't stop running and fighting until the ref ended the game, I've lost count of how many times I saw him do one of his sprints in the later stages of the game.

He wants to win. Badly. If he fails, it won't be because he didn't try.
A lot of people are reluctant because of his age, and I think that pisses him off tremendously. He spent a lot of time being misused, ignored and neglected, and now he wants to prove to others and himself that he does indeed have what it takes.

 

[Halcyon Daze]

Ah crying about 5M I see

Just posturing, Varandas needs to save face after going so public. He knows he’s got sell or Gyok will basically go on strike.

 

[A_G]

Were you team Watkins or Ekitike then? Seeing you voted Gyok…

Or just changed opinion?

I was never team Ekitike. Watkins I would’ve taken in January given the circumstances.

 

[Aevi]

I still don't want us to really reject the opportunity pass on eze

Think he's a luxury signing personally given we're already doing a lot of business (if we make the push to get Rodrygo). Would prefer Rodrygo over Eze + whoever. Obviously if we can get both then great.

 

[BenTal]

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OMG he's back

 

[HollandGooner]

Just posturing, Varandas needs to save face after going so public. He knows he’s got sell or Gyok will basically go on strike.

Almost 90 is to much for him then just bid the money for Sesko.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Think he's a luxury signing personally given we're already doing a lot of business (if we make the push to get Rodrygo). Would prefer Rodrygo over Eze + whoever. Obviously if we can get both then great.

Yeah me too but imo there is space for him we'll see but seeing the reports it seem we gonna move for him before Rodrygo

 

[Halcyon Daze]

Almost 90 is to much for him then just bid the money for Šeško.

Na, that’s a terrible idea. The potential package is £80m total and that’s our offer if this report is accurate, it’s just the up front fee / add ons split which is the sticking point.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

As I said when you deal with actual president is more difficult than DOF they always have big ego and don't like to back down so we need to find way to make the 80M€ total transfer acceptable for thier president.

 

[El Duderino]

Record saying nothing happened?

That's him wearing the n..9 jersey next week.

 

[El Duderino]

Him coming in at his age, 50M+ and 200kpw+ is going to lead to very interesting conversations re: Havertz.

This signing being even a partial success means that our highest paid player is officially a squad player. I reckon they’ll start entertaining offers from next summer.

Papers are already talking about clubs hovering around Havertz as he'll have 2 years left on his contract and the new 9 could bench him.

 

[razörist]

Can’t do much better this window, would be very happy if he’s here for the pre-season. We need a guy that can score and takes a shot anywhere in and around the box.

Celebration will hit like crack too

 

[BenTal]

Him+ Rodrygo/Eze and we will be cooking I prefer getting Eze if we manage to sell Trossard

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

This guy honestly that desperate to move

 

[razörist]

This guy honestly that desperate to move

Maybe he knows all we are really missing is a true goalscorer and he can already see his statue in the making.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Maybe he knows all we are really missing is a true goalscorer and he can already see his statue in the making.

Think he also knows he getting paid well here too. He'll guarantee 100K a week or more he only earn 40K at sporting

 

[ArsenesCoatMaker]

Papers are already talking about clubs hovering around Havertz as he'll have 2 years left on his contract and the new 9 could bench him.

2 years next summer. I think it's good for us to have different profiles of striker though. Havertz has aerial ability and great movement off the ball and Gyokeres has great finishing and dribbling to run the channels.

They could maybe link up in some formations too.