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Ned Harwood's avatar

As an Arsenal + Sporting fan, feel like I have a decent perspective to share here. The concerns are absolutely fair, particularly around his heading and build up play. Ball striking is Top 1% elite, and his insane hunger for goals will be noticeable from Day 1. He’s a menace that forces the backline to constantly think about his next move, which should help open up opportunities for the rest of the front 5. He’ll offer something completely different from Havertz, which I think will give us more flexibility depending on the opponent and game state. To me, he’s a 15-18 goal scorer in the Prem for probably the next 3 years, which I think is still a huge success at that price. Sesko’s ceiling is undoubtedly much higher but I can also see him floating around Serie A at UEL clubs for most of his career in like 50% of the scenarios. Gyokeres has been one of my favorite players on a team of mine ever. Arsenal fans are going to love him and his intensity, even if he never gets to Prem Golden Boot levels.

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Benjamin Lussier's avatar

Thanks for the write up - all of the options this summer have warts, even Isak with the size of the deal required to get it done and injury history. I understand all the hesitations, but arsenals field tilt + Gyokeres ability to get off shots + his ability to finish above xg suggests to me this player will continue scoring goals at Arsenal. if he is merely at Kai's level but with a mirrored radar (90% percentile north/south as opposed to east/west on your template) than that will be a great addition to Arsenals striker 'room.'

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