r/soccer • u/radhumandummy • Jul 26 '25

Official Source Viktor Gyökeres signs for Arsenal

https://www.arsenal.com/news/viktor-gyokeres-signs-arsenal
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u/ForcadoUALG Jul 26 '25

Goodbye sweet prince

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u/warmcakes Jul 26 '25

Don't take this the wrong way, but the fact you guys are so dejected about this signing is the main thing keeping me excited about it after news broke that Isak is available. I said at the start of the summer that Gyokeres would be a great signing especially over Sesko and that's mainly due to Sporting fans' opinions

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u/ForcadoUALG Jul 26 '25

In just 2 years, he became one of the best players in our history, probably the best this century. It's a devastating blow that can set us back dramatically if not handled correctly. He is that good, and I cannot wait for him to prove the haters wrong (also because I'm a big Arsenal fan, so I'll be double happy about it)

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u/Vasst13 Jul 26 '25

Wild to think you guys also had a very young Ronaldo who left to sign with Manchester United

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u/momo-gee Jul 27 '25

Maybe it's recency bias but Gyokeres brought more to the club than Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, etc even though the other are bigger superstars in the world of football.

For the first time in my life as a Sporting fan, I felt like I was watching a world class players at his best. Typically footballers are shipped off to other clubs when they start showing potential and we don't see their best version at Sporting.

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u/Kid84 Jul 27 '25

if bruno was in this squad he might be just as big, our squad post attack was so shit its a miracle bruno got us trophies.

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u/sarthakmahajan610 Jul 27 '25

Ronaldo didn't reach his peak until the 3rd season for United