Viktor Gyokeres is about to make one Arsenal player even better, the numbers prove it

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Arsenal fans are counting down the days until the club unveil the signing of Viktor Gyokeres.

Andrea Berta is an admirer of Gyokeres, and ever since the sporting director’s arrival, Arsenal’s links to the Swede have grown. 

Though Benjamin Sesko was also desired, it was Gyokeres who became Arsenal’s preference, as the 27-year-old’s experience is of better use to Mikel Arteta right now. 

Having scored 97 goals over the previous two seasons for Sporting CP, there’s little concern that Gyokeres will bring the goals to Arsenal, but what can he do for those around him? 

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Viktor Gyokeres’ best career teammate is good news for Bukayo Saka

Some Arsenal players will be unnerved by Gyokeres’ pending arrival, as the striker will almost certainly become Arteta’s leading number nine.

For others, the Sporting marksman brings an opportunity to become even better, with one player standing out as a candidate to build a partnership with the Sweden international.

Bukayo Saka is Arsenal’s star boy, and the Englishman’s profile is something Gyokeres might already be thinking about. 

Statistics reveal that Gyokeres combines best with left-footed right-wingers.

Gyokeres has recorded the most joint goal participations with Trincao at Sporting, combining 16 times in 95 matches together.

Being a right-winger, Trincao offers the biggest threat for Gyokeres to pounce upon, something that Saka could now gift him.

Trincao and Saka are very similar in where they best operate on the pitch, which bodes well ahead of Gyokeres’ move to the Emirates. 

Who is Saka’s best Arsenal teammate?

Gyokeres might miss Trincao as he prepares to leave Lisbon behind, but he can have his own version of the former Wolves loanee at Arsenal.

Saka is one of Arsenal’s greatest threats, recording 142 goal contributions since his senior debut, but who does the 23-year-old work best with? 

Transfermarkt’s data reveals that Saka has recorded the most joint goal contributions with Gabriel Martinelli, with the pair combining for 13 goals in 177 appearances together.

Saka and Martinelli have grown alongside each other as Arsenal’s left and right wingers, a dynamic that might shift next season as competition is set to arrive.

It will be thrilling to see how Saka acclimatises to having a goalscorer as clinical as Gyokeres on his side, with all eyes on when the Swede puts pen to paper.