Gyökeres has made his Arsenal call

Football365 reports that Gyökeres has reached a "clear" call on leaving Arsenal, and according to that single source, he's staying put. The outlet's report also references an update on Kai Havertz's injury situation, though the specifics of that update weren't detailed in the available excerpt, so the Havertz story is one Flagside will follow separately as more comes out.

For Gyökeres himself, the timing is notable. The Swede arrived at Arsenal as the club's big-money centre-forward gamble after two monster seasons at Sporting CP, where he scored 49 goals in 44 appearances in 24/25 and 37 in 44 the year before that. The step up to the Premier League hasn't been seamless in minutes played this season, but Premier League figures have him down for 14 goals and an assist across 2,217 minutes in 2025/26, with an expected-goals reading of 12.26 suggesting the volume of chances has broadly matched the output.

Why the exit talk existed at all

Any time a marquee signing has a rockier opening stretch, speculation tends to follow, and Gyökeres is no exception. He's played just 29 minutes so far this season according to Premier League data, a small enough sample that reading too much into it either way is a mug's game. What matters more for Mikel Arteta right now is that Arsenal sit second in the Premier League, with 12 points from five games (four wins, one defeat) and a goal difference of plus four. That's a squad in decent shape overall, even allowing for the gaps a long-term absence up front could open.

The Havertz piece of the puzzle

The Havertz angle is the one with real squad implications, and it's also the one with the least detail to go on right now. Football365's report flags an update on his injury status without the excerpt spelling out the nature or severity of it, so there's nothing concrete to add here yet. Arsenal fans will want the fuller picture on that before drawing conclusions about rotation at centre-forward and who covers for whom.

What's clearer is that Gyökeres staying, if the report holds up, removes one live source of uncertainty from Arteta's planning. A 28-year-old forward with 21 goals in 37 caps for Sweden, and a reported market value of €65m as of June 2026, isn't someone you want second-guessing his future mid-season. Football365 has him settled on staying; Arsenal haven't confirmed a word of it.