Arsenal to swap Viktor Gyokeres for Julian Alvarez?

Arsenal could make the surprise decision to swap Viktor Gyokeres for Atletico Madrid striker Julian Alvarez this summer, according to Marca.

The Gunners are long-term admirers of Alvarez, and they have been handed a boost with Atletico reluctant to sell him to Barcelona this summer.

The Spanish giants are open to sanctioning his sale to a foreign club and Marca claim that a part-exchange could be on the cards with Arsenal.

Diego Simeone's side are huge admirers of Gyokeres. He could be used as a makeweight by the Gunners to land the World Cup winner this summer.

Gunners boss Mikel Arteta has been a big fan of the Argentine, and he is said to be driving the club's pursuit of the former Manchester City man.

Compared to Gyokeres, Alvarez is a much better finisher and suits the Gunners' set-up with his chance creation and link-up play as well.

Arsenal may need to pay £80m on top of Gyokeres to land Alvarez.