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William Salibahas warned Arsenal’sPremier Leaguerivals that playing againstViktor Gyökeresis “scary” and backedthe club’s new striker to help end their wait for silverware.
Gyökerescompleteda €63 million ($74m) move fromSporting CPlast week — worth up to €73.5m in total including add-ons — and immediately flew out to Singapore to join theclub’s preseason tourof Asia.
Arsenalhave made six summer signings in a bid to win their first trophy since the 2020 FA Cup and Saliba believes Gyökeres could be the missing ingredient, having battled with him last season when Arsenalthrashed Sporting 5-1in November.
“We know how good he is, it’s scary to play against him,” Saliba said. “Of course, I’m so happy to have him in my club and I’m sure that he will help us to win games and win trophies.
“[He is scary] because when you face a striker who scores goals, you have to be focused! But now he’s in our team and he will score for us, so that’s good.
“Every year is different. We have to learn from the last three seasons.
Of course, we are lucky to have a chance to compete in the Premier League again to try to win.
“Our mindset is to win the Premier League and we will give everything from the first game. We have a lot of new players and they will hopefully help us to win this league.”
Gyökeres is set to begin training with his new teammates this week.
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Source: Espnsoccer
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