Gyo & Gunners Will Be Outgunned Say Experts’

Fowler Tips Chelsea's Pedro to Outscore Arsenal's Gyökeres – and We're Supposed to Take That Seriously?

Well, Arsenal's new Swedish bulldozer Viktor Gyökeres hasn't even laced up his boots for us yet, and already the punditry brigade is predicting he'll be outgunned by Chelsea's Joao Pedro.

This latest nugget of wisdom comes from Robbie Fowler on talkSPORT. Asked who would bag more goals this season – Pedro at Chelsea, Gyökeres at Arsenal, or Benjamin Sesko at Manchester United – Fowler all but ignored Sesko and instead backed Pedro to nick it. Why?

"I think it'll be Pedro," Fowler said, in the tone of a man who's just picked his horse because it has the nicest name. "I know Gyökeres is coming in but he's unproven… there might be a little too much pressure on him because everyone wants him to score goals. It's similar to Nunez at Liverpool."

Right. Because Darwin Nunez is definitely the comparison you want to make when trying to reassure Arsenal fans.

Now, let's just pause and remember: Pedro has been in England for years, clocked up 89 Premier League games, and… never broken the 10-goal barrier in a single top-flight season. But yes, apparently that's the benchmark Gyökeres will fail to hit.

Ally McCoist, at least, injected some sense into proceedings, tipping Gyökeres to come out on top simply because, in his words, "he'll probably get more chances in that Arsenal team than certainly Sesko will at United, and potentially where Joao Pedro might at Chelsea." Translation: Arsenal create more chances than Chelsea, so our striker might actually, you know, score more goals.

Meanwhile, Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer have already pencilled in another season without Arsenal winning the league. No surprise there – pundits love a safe bet.

So here we are: Gyökeres hasn't kicked a competitive ball for us, but the chatterati are already setting the bar somewhere between Darwin Nunez and "less than Joao Pedro." The Swede could do us all a favour by ignoring every word of it, smashing 20+, and leaving Fowler looking like he's been drinking whatever Chelsea's recruitment department have been sipping all summer.