[Reporter s Observation] Yorkress becomes an important puzzle, Arsenal is determined to strive for the Premier League championship

Premier League giant Arsenal has become one of the most active clubs to sign this summer. Swedish center Yorke is about to join. He flew to Singapore to meet with the entire Arsenal team, which is in the preseason warm-up match, and is about to complete the physical examination and sign. Arsenal has won the Premier League runner-up in the past three seasons, and Yorke made 52 appearances for Portugal Sports last season to score 54 goals and 13 assists. The highly productive shooter is expected to become an important puzzle for the Gunners to strive for the league championship.

For Yorke, Portuguese Sports has always been a rare commodity, and Arsenal's negotiations with them lasted for nearly a month. Portuguese Sports put forward various harsh conditions, and Arsenal was patient in bargaining. The two sides finally made a deal with a total price of 73.5 million euros. Yorke's basic transfer fee was 63.5 million euros, and there was another 10 million euros floating based on performance. Swedish international Yorke is 27 years old and will sign with Arsenal for five years.

In the past three seasons, Arsenal has failed in the Premier League championship competition, losing to Manchester City twice and one to Liverpool. Arsenal actually played many big wins, but they often couldn't win the most difficult games. The reason is that they lacked ace center that finalized it. Although Jesus and Havertz can play centers, the former is troubled by injuries, while the latter has always had low shooting success rate, which has affected Arsenal's efficiency in scoring points. The arrival of Yorke just makes up for Arsenal's shortcomings in the center position.

Yorcres is not only a hot high-yield scorer, but also has a strong desire to join Arsenal. In order to join Arsenal, Yorke made great efforts and voluntarily gave up his future salary of 2 million euros. His agent also gave up part of the commission, which led to the release of Portugal Sports. In order to express his strong willingness to join Arsenal, Yorke has previously refused to participate in the training camp for Portugal Sports in preparation for the new season. Yorke's girlfriend hopes to stay in Portugal, and the Swedish international decided to break up with her girlfriend.

On December 6 last year, in the Champions League stage last season, Portugal Sports beat Premier League giants Manchester City 4-1 at home, and Yorke scored a hat-trick, including scoring two penalty kicks. Last season, Yorke made 33 appearances in the league for Portugal Sports and won the Portuguese Golden Boot Award with 39 goals, leading 20 goals respectively over Pavlitis and Omorodion, who ranked second. Yorke scored 27 sports goals in the Portuguese Super League last season, scored 12 penalty kicks and 8 assists.

If there is anything wrong with Yorke, who can pass and shoot well, it is that he has not proved himself in the Premier League. He played for Brighton, the "Black Premier League store" in his early years, but because he is very young, he has few opportunities to play in the first team and has not scored a Premier League goal. In July 2021, Yorkress was sold by Brighton to the Championship team Coventry at a low price of 1.2 million euros, which did not recognize his potential, but the always savvy Brighton executive was misleading. In the 2022-2023 season, Yorke scored 21 Championship goals for Coventry, ranking second in the scorer list. Yorke switched to Portugal Sports in the summer of 2023, under current Manchester United coach Amorin, who shined in the Portuguese Super League.

In order to increase Yorke's transfer fee, Portugal Sports once promoted the Swedish international to Manchester United, but he was determined to join Arsenal. Coincidentally, on August 17, in the first round of the new Premier League, Arsenal will challenge Manchester United away, and Yorkeus faces mentor Amorin. Although Yorke has not proved himself in the Premier League before, he has already initially demonstrated his power by scoring a hat-trick against Manchester City, the four consecutive Premier League champions in the Champions League last season.

Arsenal basically retained the Premier League's three consecutive league teams, spending 220 million euros this summer to introduce 6 players. The deals are Spanish midfielder international Souvement (70 million euros), English winger Maduaike (55.4 million euros), Danish midfielder Nolgao (11.6 million euros), former Spanish goalkeeper Kepa (5.8 million euros), and the deals are about to be traded by Yorkres and Spanish central defender Moscarat (15 million euros). Arsenal's signings have not ended, and he is also preparing to introduce the offensive soul of Crystal Palace, the same city rival.

The lineup of traditional giants Arsenal is almost perfect. Whether they can win the Premier League championship will be tested by coach Arteta's coaching level and championship temperament.

Text丨Reporter Liu Yi