Viktor Gyökeres to Arsenal ! #Arsenal and #SportingCP have now fully agreed on the transfer fee plus add-ons, with all minor details officially finalised in London. ✅

opinionWhy Viktor Gyokeres is under more pressure at Arsenal than Benjamin Sesko after transfer agreed

Arsenal’s move for Viktor Gyokeres is nearly complete and football.london discusses why the Swede is under more pressure to succeed than Benjamin Sesko

Viktor Gyokeres is under immediate pressure at Arsenal that Benjamin Sesko might not have faced to the same level

Viktor Gyokeres is under immediate pressure at Arsenal that Benjamin Sesko might not have faced to the same level (Image: Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images)

The club have got their striker, the choice has been made and it is not the player that it appeared to be at the beginning of the window. Benjamin Sesko was the club’s primary candidate for the role but with talks that took place with RB Leipzig it became clear a reasonable deal could not be agreed.

As a result, the club’s sporting director Andrea Berta has pivoted to a profile he certainly elevated the view of since arriving at the club in March, Viktor Gyokeres. football.londonis aware that the club were across the Swede’s progress in Portugal before the summer of 2024, but still Sesko was in the manager Mikel Arteta’s eye.

Arsenal have agreed a €73.5million (£63.7million) deal for the striker, including add-ons, and he is now making the requisite moves to London to complete the deal. Now that Gyokeres is known to be the man, it raises the question of what is different for Arsenal with their new number nine through the door.

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In comparison to Sesko, there has to be an argument that the pressure is even higher for the soon to be former Sporting CP player. Some might argue that the pressure was always astronomical for both, and they would be right, but for me, the pressure is slightly more on Gyokeres for one key reason, his age.