Arsenal start their Champions League marketing campaign with a visit to Italy to face Atalanta on Thursday.
The Gunners will face the likes of Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan within the new-look competitors, which sees aspect face eight totally different sides within the group section.
Mikel Arteta will need to see his aspect safe a spot within the high eight of the group section, though he may also need to steadiness their European exploits with their Premier League title pursuit.
Off the pitch, Arsenal seem to have been handed a major switch enhance forward of the January window.
As per Soccer Transfers, Portuguese aspect Sporting CP might be prepared to promote Arsenal goal Viktor Gyokeres in January.
The Swedish striker has been a goal for the Gunners for a while now – with the North London outfit having scouted him final time period – and the report means that they continue to be eager.
Regardless of staying put all through the summer time switch window, the report means that the participant might be allowed to depart within the new yr with Sporting even open to promoting him for a decrease price than his launch clause of roughly £84 million.
The 26-year-old joined Sporting from Championship aspect Coventry Metropolis final summer time and has scored 51 occasions in 56 video games since.
He has been in significantly spectacular type at the beginning of the brand new marketing campaign, netting eight occasions in his first 5 Portuguese high flight matches, in addition to scoring 3 times for Sweden through the latest worldwide break.
The participant was stated to have been upset that he didn’t safe a transfer to England through the latest summer time window, however he now has an settlement in place that he will likely be allowed to depart if the membership’s valuation of him is met.
Gyokeres’ present contract with Sporting nonetheless has greater than three-and-a-half years remaining, but it surely seems more and more probably that he may depart the Portuguese capital previous to 2028.
