Portugal to Premier League moves

"I don't think he's the guy," Rio Ferdinand says of Viktor Gyokeres.

"I've watched him probably three times really, really closely. And three times I've gone: 'He ain't getting that opportunity in the Prem.'"

Sweden striker Gyokeres, 27, has just completed a move worth up to £64m from Sporting to Arsenal.

Gyokeres has scored a phenomenal 97 goals in 102 appearances for the Portuguese club, and contributed 26 assists.

He averaged more than a goal per game last season, with 54 in 52 appearances.

But when he was being linked with Manchester United, Ferdinand said he was not convinced Gyokeres was a good fit for a team in England's top flight.

The six-time Premier League winner, speaking on his Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, asked: "Is there enough - after he's physically matched - to get him a goal?"

However, Bjorn Hamberg, Gyokeres' former assistant coach at Brighton and fellow Swede, tells BBC Sport: "He has got the physicality for sure."

Arsenal were one of numerous top clubs linked with the former Brighton player after an outstanding couple of seasons with Sporting, where he played under Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim.

In addition to his 39 goals in Portugal's Primeira Liga in 2024-25, Gyokeres helped himself to another six in the Champions League - including a hat-trick against Manchester City.

He has gone from leaving Brighton without playing a single minute of Premier League football to becoming one of Europe's most prolific marksmen - via loan spells in the Championship at Swansea and Coventry, and in Germany with St Pauli.

But how have other players fared when moving from Portugal to England? And how will Gyokeres compare?

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