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Grey Whitebloom

Report: Why Arsenal Ditched Benjamin Sesko for Viktor Gyokeres

Benjamin Šeško (left) and Viktor Gyökeres have been Arsenal’s two leading striker targets this summer. | IMAGO/DeFodi Images/Maciej Rogowski

Price proved to be one of the determining factors behind Arsenal’s decision to favour a move for Viktor Gyökeres rather than Benjamin Šeško this summer, per a report in Germany.

The two towering strikers have long been considered to be Arsenal’s leading targets during a summer dominated by talk of a new centre-forward in north London. Šeško, the 22-year-old RB Leipzig forward, still has time to develop while Gyökeres, five years his senior, boasts a frightening goal return for Sporting CP in the unpredictable realm of the Portuguese top flight.

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