Gyökeres has received more scrutiny than Isak, and it makes absolutely no sense.
One cost £55m, scored 21 goals in his Premier League debut season and led his club to their first Premier League title in 22 years.
The other is a ready-made Premier League player who joined the reigning champions for €140m, and he has only scored four goals.
The difference in standards is insane.
🚨💣Zlatan Ibrahimović on Arsenal Testing Manchester City’s Resolve for Haaland
🗣️Absolutely. If I’m Arsenal, I’m asking the question.
Manchester City are going through a period of change. Pep Guardiola is gone, Rodri has left, Bernardo Silva has gone, and now you have a new manager trying to rebuild the team. That’s when you test the situation.
And what better player to test them for than Erling Haaland?
People will say, ‘Why would City sell him?’ My answer is simple: because football changes very quickly.
Arsenal already have the midfield, the defence and the structure. Imagine adding Haaland to that team. You’re not just signing a striker you could be changing the balance of power in England.
If I’m Arsenal, I make the call. I don’t care if City say no. Make them say no.
Because sometimes the biggest transfers start with one club being brave enough to ask the question.
Gooners, would you actually want Arsenal to test City’s resolve for Haaland🤔?
Exc: Arsenal decide to prioritise loan offers for Ethan Nwaneri ahead of transfer deadline. Acknowledgement teenager can leave to play regular football but club want to avoid losing 19 y/o permanently. https://t.co/HGGjbNWgtl
Now imagine if KDB did that to Rice a few years back, it would be headline news about how our £100m+ signing got embarrassed. It would be regurgitated for weeks, maybe even the whole season, if we failed to win the league, that season.
Here’s David Raya drilling a pass into the centre circle with his weaker foot. Ridiculous.
Mikel Arteta (and Iñaki Caña) had to really fight to convince the club to sign him in 2023. An unusual transfer, and one of the best in Arsenal’s recent history.