Mikel Arteta is ready to unleash a new Arsenal strikeforce
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Mikel Arteta's biggest kryptonite on his journey to proving he can be the manager to fix Arsenal's trophy drought has been his striking department. And after the Gunners' 3-0 win over Club Brugge in the Champions League on Wednesday night, it seems everyone is making the same worrying point about Viktor Gyokeres.
ARSENAL have allegedly Viktor Gyokeres time off to attend court in his homeland. The big-money summer signing was called as a witness in a case that is set to take place in Sweden in 2026.
Arsenal steps into Wednesday night’s Champions League spotlight without Viktor Gyokeres, as the Premier League leader hosts Bayern Munich in a showdown between two singular giants who have carved identical records into this year’s European table.
The jury is just about still out and waiting to deliver its verdict, but the sight of Gabriel Jesus instantly adding a touch of vim and vigour to Arsenal ’s forward line after nearly 12 months out will hardly have aided Viktor Gyokeres and the case for his defence.
Former Manchester United forward Louis Saha believes that although Viktor Gyokeres "has done well so far" since making a big-money move to Arsenal from Sporting CP over the summer, he "has had it easy in some ways.
Mikel Arteta has ruled out the prospect of Gabriel Jesus leaving Arsenal in January. The 28-year-old made his long-awaited return to first-team actions as a 62nd-minute substitute in Wednesday's 3-0 Champions League win at Club Brugge.