Viktor Gyokeres 'wants January Arsenal exit' amid struggles for game time
Viktor Gyokeres's future at Arsenal is under the spotlight, with several outlets reporting he could push to leave as soon as January after a difficult start to life at the club.
TeamTalk claims in an exclusive that Gyokeres "WANTS" to quit Arsenal in the winter window, saying the striker is "ready to quit" and will push for a move away for "TWO reasons", with frustration over his lack of Premier League starts said to be the main driver behind his thinking (TeamTalk). BBC Sport's Sunday gossip column echoes this, stating plainly that "Gyokeres wants to leave Arsenal" (BBC Sport), while Football.London separately reports that the Swede has "made a decision" on his future following the club's summer transfer activity, again linking it to his struggle for consistent game time under Mikel Arteta (Football.London).
Football.London's own analysis paints a picture of a player who looks "utterly lost", describing him as a "Jekyll-and-Hyde" figure and warning he is "firmly at risk of being completely forgotten about" after a slow start to the campaign, adding weight to suggestions a previously flagged "tax" warning about his transfer is "ringing true" (Football.London).
Not everyone is writing him off, though. In a separate Football.London piece, a former Arsenal player who won the Premier League with the club has come to Gyokeres's defence, pointing out he was actually Arsenal's top goalscorer last season and arguing he "doesn't get the credit he deserves" (Football.London).
So while TeamTalk (TeamTalk) and BBC Sport (BBC Sport) agree there is genuine substance to talk of a January exit push driven by limited starts, and Football.London's news report broadly aligns with that narrative of a player whose future is "plunged into doubt" (Football.London), the picture from Football.London's other coverage is more mixed - one piece is sharply critical of his current form (Football.London), while another offers a staunch defence based on last season's goal return (Football.London).
Taken together, the emerging consensus across the reports is that Gyokeres is unsettled by his lack of regular Premier League starts and may look to engineer a move away from Arsenal in the new year, even as opinion remains split on whether his struggles are a temporary blip or a deeper concern.
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