Former Arsenal and Sweden midfielder Stefan Schwarz has said that Viktor Gyokeres can become the long-term solution to the Gunners’ striker problems. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, while Gyokeres might not be a classy attacker, he expects the former Sporting CP forward to be closer to his best during the 2026-27 campaign.
Stefan added that Viktor does not have to be the best dribbler to deliver in front of goal.
His words, “It’s a different type of player. I think we can compare him with [Brian] Brobbey at Sunderland, that kind of striker. They have a very strong physical presence, they like to compete, they want to feel the opponent, they try to push around in the channels, make it very difficult for the opponent.
He’s not, if you say, a classy attacker with the best dribbles. But you need different players to have a successful season. And I think Gyokeres showed at the end of the season, the last three months, that he got used to it. He started to score goals and was very productive.
As well as with Gyokeres, he didn’t have a pre-season last year. He came in very late. Probably because he didn’t train that much, he had a slight injury in the beginning. So that doesn’t help. I think this second season we will see the best out of him. You can always add other different types of players around him to make the complete puzzle even better.”
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The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.
In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season. Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.
