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Arsenal are prepared to listen to offers for Viktor Gyokeres in the summer as they learn the price for Julian Alvarez, according to reports.<\/p>\n
The Gunners spent around \u00a364m on the Sweden international from Sporting CP last summer as they looked to add goals to their side ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n
Gyokeres has scored 18 goals in 48 matches in all competitions but his overall play has been heavily criticised by former players and supporters.<\/p>\n
Mikel Arteta even started Germany international Kai Havertz in his place in their 1-0 win over Newcastle United at the weekend, which pushed Arsenal<\/strong> back up to first in the Premier League table<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Paul Merson insisted over the weekend that Gyokeres still has a \u201cbig part\u201d to play in Arsenal\u2019s season despite dropping down to the bench.<\/p>\n Merson told Sky Sports<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cHe (Gyokeres) will still play a big part in it (Arsenal\u2019s title run-in).<\/p>\n READ: <\/span>Premier League winners and losers: Arsenal, Spurs, Wilson, Le Bris, Newcastle\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cFor me, he plays in Europe on Wednesday night because he will hold the ball up. Arsenal will be under pressure and it will be a difficult game for them in Madrid.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s when you need Gyokeres to get you a throw in down the touchline, he runs after lost causes.<\/p>\n \u201cThe biggest time the whole crowed lifted today was when he cleared the ball from a corner and chased it down there and won it back and it lifted everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n But X<\/em> account IndyKaila has now claimed that Arsenal are \u2018open\u2019 to offers for Gyokeres in the summer as they look to cut their losses on the Swede.<\/p>\n MORE ARSENAL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong> The account wrote: \u2018Exclusive. Arsenal are open to listening to any offers for Viktor Gy\u00f6keres this summer.\u2019<\/p>\n Several strikers have been linked already as a potential Gyokeres replacements and reliable journalist Ben Jacobs has revealed that Arsenal target Julian Alvarez is also a \u2018dream target\u2019 for La Liga giants Barcelona.<\/p>\n Atletico Madrid could sell the Argentina international in the summer but it would likely cost Arsenal more than the \u00a3105m they shelled out for Declan Rice in July 2023.<\/p>\n Jacobs wrote on X<\/em>:\u00a0\u2018Julian Alvarez remains Barcelona\u2019s dream target this summer despite the difficult nature of financing a deal. As revealed in January, Deco has held multiple meetings with the player\u2019s camp but nothing is advanced yet.<\/p>\n \u2018Atletico will fight to keep Alvarez, and value him higher than the \u00a3104m that saw Antoine Griezmann leave for Barcelona in 2019. There has also been formative Premier League enquiries, including from Arsenal earlier this year.\u2019<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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