{"id":379146,"date":"2025-12-31T09:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/379146\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:55:08","slug":"viktor-gyokeres-should-be-dropped-by-arsenal-says-jamie-carragher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/379146\/","title":{"rendered":"Viktor Gyokeres should be dropped by Arsenal, says Jamie Carragher"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ex-Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher<\/a> has suggested that either Gabriel Jesus<\/a> or Kai Havertz<\/a> should be Arsenal\u2019s starting striker from now on, labelling both options \u201ca better player\u201d than Viktor Gyokeres<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Gyokeres joined the club for \u00a355m in the summer <\/a>in a signing that many felt could prove to be the final piece of the jigsaw for Arsenal, though the Sweden striker hasn\u2019t quite managed to settle at the Emirates, scoring just five goals in 17 Premier League<\/a> appearances so far. <\/p>\n

The 27-year-old has become the focus of an Arsenal attack that hasn\u2019t quite clicked in recent weeks<\/a>, and he was once again fairly ineffective despite the Gunners\u2019s dominant performance in the 4-1 rout of Aston Villa<\/a>. <\/p>\n

To make matters worse, Jesus came on as a substitute for Gyokeres and scored the goal of the game late on, stroking a brilliant effort into the far corner to make it 4-0. <\/p>\n

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Viktor Gyokeres should be dropped, says Jamie Carragher (Action Images via Reuters)<\/p>\n

And speaking after the match, Sky Sports pundit Carragher said that he is \u201ca huge fan of Jesus\u201d, before adding that either the Brazilian or Havertz \u201cshould be starting\u201d ahead of Gyokeres. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe one negative out of tonight for Arsenal, is that Gyokeres should not be starting, when they have players like this,\u201d explained Carragher.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a couple of games time, when Jesus is a bit more up to speed, he should be starting. He’s a better player than Gyokeres – that’s a fact.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Viktor Gyokeres found little joy against Aston Villa (AFP via Getty Images)\"Meanwhile,<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Gabriel Jesus\u2019 late goal was the best on a night in which the Gunners laid down a marker to their title rivals (AP)<\/p>\n

Jesus and Havertz have recently returned from long injury lay-offs, with the former netting his first goal in over a year against Villa after recently ending his recovery from ACL surgery. <\/p>\n

While Gyokeres was signed to spearhead the Arsenal attack after a promising spell at Sporting, the Sweden international has failed to hit the ground running in England, and Carragher claimed that Jesus and Havertz are both better options to lead the Arsenal line at present. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s been questions in the past asking if [Jesus] is good enough for Arsenal to go and win the league,\u201d added the former England international. \u201cBut right now he’s better than the guy they brought in who they thought was going to win them the league.<\/p>\n

\u201cHim or Havertz as the central striker is a better player than Gyokeres. He lacks finesse and quality when you think of what they’ve got on the bench. I think Arsenal need to improve on Gyokeres and they’ve got players that can in Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-379146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}