O Arsenal hit the hiring of the attacker Viktorfrom Sporting. According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, Gyökeres’ contract will be signed for five years with the English club, valid until June 2030.
The player, who had already nominated for Sporting who wanted to leave, and was released from preseason activities, negotiated the last details with the English team.
He arrives at the team for 63.5 million euros (about R $ 415 million) In a fixed rate, with an increase of 10 million euros in additional.
🚨❤️🤍 BREAKING: Viktor Gyökeres to Arsenal, here we go! Verbal agreement in place between all parties involved.
Sporting accept last bid from Arsenal for €63.5m plus €10m, agent will reduce his commission.
Gyökeres will sign five year deal at #AFC. He ONLY wanted Arsenal. 🇸🇪 pic.twitter.com/qAmrTn7Eax
– Fabrizio Romano (@fabrizioromano) July 22, 2025
The negotiation has gained new chapters in recent days, with Manchester United coming to the player’s dispute. According to the newspaper A Bola, from Portugal, Arsenal had offers refused by the Portuguese team, which required the payment of 80 million euros (R $ 519.1 million) to release the 27 -year -old. With this, United entered the fight and waved with a proposal.
However, the player demonstrated the desire to transfer to Arsenal and the new agreement was made between the teams.
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Who is Viktor Gyökeres: Player Numbers
Viktor He was born in Stockholm, Sweden on June 4, 1998. He began his career in football at a young time, passing through IFK base categories Aspudden-Bllus before joining Brommapojkarna, a traditional Swedish trainer club. It was there that he stood out for the first time, debuting professionally in 2015, with only 17 years. In 2017, he helped the team win access to the Swedish first division, being the team’s top scorer at Superttan with 13 goals.
His performance caught the attention of international clubs and Gyökeres was hired by Brighton in January 2018. Little used by the club, he was loaned to several teams, such as St. Pauli, from Germany, and Swansea, from England. He continued to seek protagonism in some club until he stands out for Coventry City of the English second division. There, aroused interest from Sporting, who paid 21 million euros ($ 114 million) to have the striker.
Right in his first season at the club in 2023, Gyökeres became a phenomenon. With an average of one goal per game, he was the top scorer of the First League, won national titles and received several individual awards.
Root It contributed 44 goals, 29 only in the Portuguese Championship, which ended the title of the team of Lisbon. There were only eight goals less than Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappé, winners of the 2024 Golden Ball Gerd Müller trophy, handed over to the season’s top scorer.
The player led the Sporting In season 2024/25 and won two titles: the Portuguese Championship and the Portuguese Cup, both with rival Benfica in second place.
