Pundit says one signing Arsenal have made will help Viktor Gyokeres explode at the Emirates

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Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres could benefit from another of the Gunners’ new signings this summer, according to pundit Shaun Wright-Phillips.

Arsenal have assembled a world-class squad over the past few years, and it looks as though Mikel Arteta and Andrea Berta are applying the finishing touches.

The Gunners have long been crying out for a new No. 9, and they got themselves one of Europe’s most in-form strikers in Viktor Gyokeres.

Now, Arsenal are said to have made a signing that could really help the Sweden international explode in his maiden season at the Emirates.

Eberechi Eze backed to bring the best out of Viktor Gyokeres

Shaun Wright-Phillips believes Gyokeres will really benefit from the signing of Eberechi Eze, who joined Arsenal just last week.

Arsenal signed Eze from Crystal Palace for around £68million and, to make things better, they did so from under the noses of bitter rivals Tottenham.

Wright-Phillips believes Eze’s experience playing alongside Jean-Philippe Mateta at Palace will stand him in good stead when linking up with Gyokeres.

“Do you know who I think will benefit him? Eze,” Wright-Phillips said on Premier League Productions. “Because he’s been used to playing with that target number nine, Mateta.

“And he plays those bounce passes, the one-twos, and he plays them in. Gyokeres loves to run into space. Eze will create space for him and find those passes.”

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All eyes will be on Anfield on Sunday when the reigning Premier League champions and last season’s runners-up lock horns in an early title clash.

Eze has been working tirelessly in training ahead of the game, and there’s a good chance he’ll start against Liverpool amid several injury worries.

Ian Wright has predicted that Eze could start on the left, before claiming the 27-year-old may well tell Arteta he doesn’t care where he plays, so long as he features.

“He won’t bother,” said Wright. “He might say, ‘listen, I just want to play and stamp myself and then go from there’.”

Should Eze start, it’ll be exciting to see how he links up with his new colleagues, particularly Gyokeres.