Arsenal told they have ‘no chance’ of signing £63 million target who will join Man Utd

William Gallas has implored Arsenal to sign a new striker but fears his old club have no chance if winning the race to recruit Sporting Lisbon sensation Viktor Gyokeres.

The Sweden international has enjoyed a phenomenal run since joining the Portuguese side and thrived under the tutelage of new Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim.

Sporting are said to be ready to part with their prize asset for a fee in the region of £63 million, but Gallas fears Arsenal would be wasting their time in trying to rival United for his signature.

He told Genting Casino: ‘Arsenal have no chance of signing Viktor Gyokeres, he will choose Man United. Gyokeres will follow Ruben Amorim to Man United, I think Gyokeres would suit Man United’s team too.’

Kai Havertz’s purple patch as Arsenal’s main centre forward, meanwhile, appears to have ended with the Germany international having found the back of the net only once in his last seven matches.

Gallas remains perplexed at Victor Osimhen’s decision to snub a move to the Premier League in the summer and opt for a loan switch to Galatasaray.

The Nigeria international has scored five goals in his last three games, including a brace in last week’s Europa League win over Tottenham and Gallas believe he is the man Arsenal should me moving heaven and earth to sign.

He added: ‘Kai Havertz has never ever been the right man to take Arsenal to the Premier League title.

‘Havertz is a good player, but he’s not top class. I’m sorry, but he’s nowhere near a world-class level, Arsenal need a player to replace him at striker.

‘I still don’t understand why Victor Osimhen is at Galatasaray, he needs to play in the Premier League and he can play at the top level at Arsenal.

‘It’s difficult to understand football sometimes, he played really well at Napoli, then made a move to Galatasaray, who are a big club but he needs to be playing at a higher level.

‘Arsenal need a striker like Osimhen, the club needs to wake up, it’s obvious and simple, they need a striker.

‘You need a strong squad to compete with each other, that’s how Man City and Liverpool stay at such a high level, if you have the same starting XI every week then the performances level will drop.

‘All the Man City players are international players and even the ones on the bench, that’s the level Arsenal need to reach.’