Arsenal defender William Saliba has warned the club’s Premier League rivals that playing against Viktor Gyökeres will be scary. He recently backed the club’s new striker to help end their wait for silverware next season.
Speaking to the press, Saliba revealed that he is very pleased to have the Sweden international at his club, and he believes the striker can score enough goals to help the team.
According to him, defenders will have to be very focused to keep Gyökeres quiet because his goalscoring record in the Portuguese league cannot be overlooked.
He stated that Arsenal must learn from its mistakes in the last three seasons to finally end its search for major silverware.
“We know how good he is, it’s scary to play against him. Of course, I’m so happy to have him in my club and I’m sure that he will help us to win games and win trophies.
[He is scary] because when you face a striker who scores goals, you have to be focused! But now he’s in our team and he will score for us, so that’s good.
“Every year is different. We have to learn from the last three seasons. Of course, we are lucky to have a chance to compete in the Premier League again to try to win.
Our mindset is to win the Premier League and we will give everything from the first game. We have a lot of new players and they will hopefully help us to win this league,” he said.
He further noted that talks surrounding his contract extension have been positive thus far, stressing that he hopes to play for the club for many years.
Saliba, however, concluded that while conversations are going well right now, nothing has been agreed thus far.
“Yeah, hopefully. Of course, there is nothing now but there is a good conversation with my agent and the club. Let’s see,” he added.
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