Arsenal’s sporting director Andrea Berta actually hopped on a plane to Portugal yep, in person to hash things out with Sporting about Viktor Gyokeres. Not just a Zoom call or some half-baked email thread. Face-to-face, old-school style. You can almost taste how desperate Arsenal are to finally land a striker. The Gyokeres saga’s been dragging on, but now it’s heating up for real, with Berta’s little trip basically screaming, “Let’s get this done already.”
Word is, the talks could see Arsenal chucking around £70 million for the Swedish striker. That’s a whole lotta cash, but hey, you want goals, you pay the price. Whether Berta zipped straight back to London or hung around for a cheeky pastel de nata is anyone’s guess, but him showing up in Lisbon? Yeah, that’s a sign Arsenal aren’t messing about.
Personal terms with Gyokeres? Apparently just a tick-box exercise should be wrapped up without any drama. The real dance is all about the clubs agreeing.
Oh, and on the side, Brentford’s skipper Christian Norgaard is basically packing his bags for North London. Arsenal and Brentford shook hands on a deal, could go up to £15 million. Just got to get the paperwork signed and he’s theirs.
As for Noni Madueke, Arsenal have already sorted personal terms with the Chelsea winger, but still deciding if they actually want to pull the trigger. Chelsea know what’s up Madueke’s on their radar, but nothing locked in yet. Stay tuned.