Arsenal are desperate to go one better than their three successive runner-up finishes in the Premier League and will pin their hopes on new £64million frontman Viktor Gyokeres delivering the goals
Ally McCoist is confident Viktor Gyokeres will be a success at Arsenal – but is unsure if he can fire them to the Premier League title this season.
The former Scotland and Rangers striker is excited to see the super Swede hit English football this season. McCoist has been calling out for the Gunners to land a striker and now they’ve got their man with the £64m signing from Sporting Lisbon.
“I think he’ll score goals, but I’m of the opinion, it would be quite difficult not to score goals in that Arsenal team. Whether he scores enough goals to help him to the title… I watched him a few times last year and it was impressive, he was, he’s very impressive.
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“I was surprised at the level of the improvement in him. His finishing was excellent. What I liked about him as well, when he he missed a few chances. He was like ‘forget about that, next chance’. I think he’ll do well.
“I’m looking forward to seeing Arsenal, I really am, I mean, there’s nobody on the planet giving Arsenal more stick for not having an out-and-out centre-forward than me. So, I look forward to see it.”
Gyokeres will be hoping to get off to a flying start when Arsenal visit Old Trafford on Sunday to take on Manchester United and his former boss Ruben Amorim. Mikel Areta’s men will want to get off to a fast start to keep pace with title favourites Liverpool.
McCoist believes after their summer recruitment that Arne Slot ’s men are going to be hard to catch this season for any team. He said: “They’ve got the work done early as well and not sure it’s finished yet.
“The signings have been excellent. By far and away the strongest team in the league last year, very impressive. I do expect it to be closer. Arsenal have had a great window as well, but we’ve all got to be really impressed by the way Liverpool have gone about it and how well they’ve done to get their business done early.
“If they get Alexander Isak, Jesus, that will be fantastic for them. One, two, three, four, five? Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Aston Villa.”
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