Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta expressed optimism in the Swedish striker's progress Viktor Gyökeres at the service of Arsenal, considering that it is also necessary that both the team and the athlete understand each other better. Something he believes is “a matter of time”. “I think the level of attention on him hasn't changed since he signed until today. This is normal. Everyone was very excited for us to bring a number 9 to the club. We did it, we brought a player with an incredible goalscoring record who needed to adapt to the league", Arteta began by saying, at this Friday's press conference, on the eve of the game against Everton, when asked about Gyökeres. The Swede has 19 games and six goals for Arsenal, following his transfer from Sporting to the English club, for 65.7 million euros, plus ten million euros in goals, in the summer of this year. “He didn’t do pre-season training. The first few weeks were difficult because physically he wasn't in his best shape and he's a player who needs that, like any other player in this league, to perform at that level", continued the Spanish coach. «Then he recovered, I think he was in a good phase, he got injured and now he's back. But I saw a lot of positive things in the last two games [ndr: Club Brugge e Arsenal]. We need to continue to improve his game, understand him a little better in certain situations and he needs to do the same. But this is a matter of time and we give you our full support», he concluded. Arsenal visits Everton this Saturday (8 p.m.), in matchday 17 of the Premier League. PREMIER LEAGUE: results and classification
