This summer the Sporting sold his great striker of recent years to Arsenal for 65 million. Viktor Gyökeres dHe left a great void after having achieved 97 goals and 28 assists in 102 games. With these impressive records he found Luis Suarez upon arrival in Portugal. The Colombian was chosen to replace the Swede and, now, half a year later, he is making him forget with goals.
The former player of Almeria He is breaking it this season with 15 goals and three assists in 25 games played in all competitions. Last weekend he scored a hat-trick against Rio Ave, which made him the top scorer in the Portuguese league along with Pavlidiswith 14 points each.
A few days ago he responded about being Gyökeres’ replacement: “Replace Gyökeres? It’s incredible to have this challenge. It’s like turning the page after a player as important as him. For a player like me, who is very ambitious, this challenge satisfied me and I accepted it with open arms. “Now it’s my turn to be remembered.”
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The Lisbon club paid 22 million euros for the Santa Marta striker to fight for titles. Since his arrival, Sporting has been fully involved in the fight for First League —second two points behind the leader, the Port— and in play-off positions of the Champions League. At an individual level, it does not improve the numbers of Gyökeres, who after 25 official matches had already registered 27 goals and five assists, but with Luis Suárez the offensive production is more collective, going from 2.31 goals per game in the 2023-24 season to 2.56 in the current campaign. With the Colombian, the goals are being distributed more with Conrad Harder (7), Trincão (6), Pedro Goncalves (5), and Daniel Braganca (4). The data is better than what the Swede obtained.
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