{"id":1166,"date":"2025-07-14T21:46:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/1166\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:46:04","slug":"viktor-gyokeres-arsenal-deal-agreed-as-liverpool-wait-for-new-no-9-signing-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/1166\/","title":{"rendered":"Viktor Gyokeres Arsenal deal agreed as Liverpool wait for new No. 9 signing – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool may be in the market for a new No. 9 this summer but there are few elite options to consider, with Viktor Gyokeres now agreed to join Arsenal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Darwin Nunez<\/a> found the back of the net in Sunday\u2019s 3-1 win over Preston, the expectation is still that Liverpool will sign a new centre-forward.<\/p>\n

It comes with interest from a number of clubs in both Nunez and Luis Diaz<\/a>, while the sad passing of Diogo Jota<\/a> has reduced Arne Slot<\/a>\u2018s attacking options further.<\/p>\n

There is however a shortage of top-level strikers on the market, with it perceived that Liverpool could wait to test the resolve of Newcastle<\/a> over Alexander Isak.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Though not credited with a concrete interest in Gyokeres, Isak\u2019s fellow prolific Swede will no doubt have been brought up in recruitment meetings on Merseyside.<\/p>\n

Gyokeres will be playing his football elsewhere next season, though, with The Athletic<\/a>\u2018s David Ornstein among those to report that Arsenal<\/a> have agreed a \u00a363.4 million deal with Sporting CP.<\/p>\n

It comes after the 27-year-old refused to report back for pre-season training in order to force through an exit from the Portuguese champions.<\/p>\n

That behaviour could paint Gyokeres as a bullet dodged for Liverpool, but his record of 97 goals in 102 games for Sporting CP cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n

\"Hugo<\/p>\n

There are other strikers under consideration, namely Eintracht Frankfurt\u2019s Hugo Ekitike and RB Leipzig\u2019s Benjamin Sesko.<\/p>\n

French outlet Foot Mercato<\/a> claimed contact in Crystal Palace<\/a> striker Jean-Philippe Mateta on Monday, though that is very dubious, while L\u2019Equipe<\/a> have cited interest in Chelsea<\/a>\u2018s Christopher Nkunku.<\/p>\n

While all four of those players have potential and proven ability, it can certainly be argued that all would be a risk for Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Truly, the only surefire hit would appear to be Isak, and with Newcastle<\/a> \u201czeroing in\u201d on Ekitike according to the Telegraph<\/a> there could still be movement on that front.<\/p>\n

\"Newcastle<\/p>\n

While sources at St James\u2019 Park insist Ekitike would partner Isak up front, there is little evidence of that fitting Eddie Howe\u2019s system and that Newcastle<\/a> could absorb such a significant spend due to ongoing PSR issues.<\/p>\n

It is explained that Ekitike has a release clause of \u20ac100 million (\u00a386.7m) at Frankfurt and \u201cNewcastle<\/a> would almost certainly have to pay the full fee to get the transfer over the line.\u201d<\/p>\n

To suggest Newcastle<\/a> will replace Isak with Ekitike is of course conjecture at this stage, but as other big-name No. 9s move elsewhere and Liverpool wait to show their hand, it certainly should not be ruled out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool may be in the market for a new No. 9 this summer but there are few elite…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,134,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-1166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}