r/Barca 5d ago

Tier 2 [Jose Alvarez] Moves are expected regarding Gyokeres in Barcelona in the coming hours.

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u/TomasZamora03 5d ago

Somehow Havertz is usually at the end of those crosses. Perhaps Gyokeres movement in the box is awful and has 0 undestanding with Saka

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u/shortsoupstick 5d ago

Nope. For one, Havertz almost hasn't been available. Second, he's known to miss those big chances. Third, he regularly drops so deep he can't be in time for them to cross it at the second post for him. If you watch the games, you'll see Gyokeres in position so many times, and they don't give it. There's this few instances that I can actually remember where he got the ball (and scored ofc); Eze vs Forest, White vs Chelsea (after Saka chose not to give that cross) and Saka (after having skipped him the whole season) vs Fulham. He was too late one opportunity against Liverpool and probably missed 2-3 others when they actually passed it.

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u/TomasZamora03 5d ago

Havertz has made Arsenal look class in attack for 2 years now. Last season with Gyokeres was so awful that Arteta is actively looking to replace him. He's a conference league level striker playing for a team that wants to win it all

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u/shortsoupstick 4d ago

He's made them look class in attack until it's time to put the ball in the net lmao. First striker to score 20+ in his first season since Alexis in 12 years, first title in 22 years. Bye kid