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Retired Arsenal player compares Viktor Gyokeres to Erling Haaland, urges patience for Gunners' new man
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The goals will come for Viktor Gyokeres, says former Arsenal player Anders Limpar.
Gyokeres joined the Gunners from Sporting CP last month on a fee that could rise to £63.5 million, as Arsenal hope they have finally found the goal scorer that has been eluding them during Mikel Arteta's reign as manager. With big money comes big expectations, and Gyokeres was underwhelming in the North London club's 1-0 win at Manchester United to open the Premier League campaign, drawing some criticism for his lack of influence on the match.
However, Limpar has urged critics to give the Swede some time to adjust to his new surroundings and drew comparisons between Gyokeres and Manchester City's prolific star striker, pointing to similarities between the two forwards.
"I can compare him to Erling Haaland," Limpar told BoyleSports, who offer football betting. "When I watch City play, he’s not even there for the 90 minutes and then the next game he scores three, and then it goes two games and you can’t even see that he’s playing.
"Haaland can disappear from the game. Viktor might be the same kind of player. He can probably knock in a hattrick in the next game. He is like Erling Haaland.
"To come in as a new player to a new team, you need to settle in. But when you play for the big teams you have 15 minutes to settle in or the criticism comes!
"Now we’re talking about him pulling his fingers through his hair. Whatever! It’s ridiculous. You have to look at what he’s doing on the pitch, and while he didn’t have a good game he will for sure score at least 20 goals.
"You can’t not score 20 goals if you have [Noni] Madueke, [Gabriel] Martinelli, [Bukayo] Saka, [Martin] Odegaard, [Declan] Rice, [Martin] Zubimendi and the rest supporting you. Imagine if he takes the penalties! He will definitely score six, seven goals there for sure, and then I reckon it could be more than 20 goals."
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