Viktor Gyokeres, Hugo Ekitike and Benjamin Sesko are newly imported rookies to the Premier League. Will of these three “blockbuster” contracts, who will succeed next season?
Viktor Gyokeres joined Arsenal, bringing many expectations to the London capital team. The appearance of Hugo Ekitike in Anfield shows Liverpool's ambition to dominate. MU's rookie Benjamin Sesko is the belief and hope for the return of a force. Among them, whoever fails, whoever fails to wait for time to have the answer.
They are like the story in the summer of 2022 full of excitement. Erling Haaland and Darwin Nunez are the same contracts labeled “blockbuster”, in turn joined Man City and Liverpool. But only 1 person to the top, with 2 consecutive seasons jerking the “top scorer” Premier League. The other is submerged in the abyss, while being tried to push to Saudi Pro League with Al Hilal.
Among the three strikers Viktor Gyokeres, Hugo Ekitike, Benjamin Sesko, if to evaluate who is the highest success in the 2025/26 season, the answer is probably Hugo Ekitike. Liverpool has been engrossed in finding a true “number 9”, since Roberto Firmino left. To the extent that last season, coach Arne Slot often had to push Luis Diaz – the striker moved to Bayern Munich – to the center.
The new rookie moved to Anfield from Frankfurt as a versatile striker. Although playing mainly in the role of striker plugged, he could also play well when he had to kick the wings. Ekitike is smart and sharp on the pitch, sensitive hearing in choosing a position and when needed can back down as the background for teammates to shine with assists, or simply to attract the attention of the opponent.
Under the support of veteran stars in attack like Mohamed Salah, especially with very good midfielders who are good at “pumping balls” at the back such as Dominik Szoboszlai, Florian Wirtz … Hugo Ekitike has absolutely necessary elements to succeed in Anfield next season. The problem is: You need to soon take pressure, to quickly adapt to the tactical system of coach Arne Slot.
Of the three “blockbuster” contracts of the Premier League this season, Viktor Gyokeres is the most prominent name. He switched to playing in the English Premier League in Arsenal shirt, as the “scorer” of the Portuguese league last season with 39 times to hit rivals, not to mention he also had 5 goals in the Portuguese national cup and 6 goals in the prestigious Champions League.
Gyokeres has been praised as the perfect “number 9” that coach Mikel Arteta has been searching for many years and is the perfect piece for Arsenal to be able to proclaim the world, after several consecutive seasons in the second Premier League. The satellites around England such as Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka … are also able to be the background for Gyokeres to shine next season. The problem is that Gyokeres's style needs to have a waiter, quite lost with the Gunners's ball control style.
Therefore, Gyokeres's success or failure at Emirates is very difficult to predict. In Arsenal's recent friendly match against Villarreal, 64 million pounded rookies were even criticized by poor physical strength, the ability to rotate in a narrow space was not good and often lost to opponent players in hand -to -hand dispute situations.
Finally, Benjamin Sesko. According to the British media, MU reached an agreement to recruit 22 -year -old striker from Leipzig with a transfer fee of £ 73.8 million. The Slovenian star is expected to match two other rookies including Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo into a “nail nose” enough to help the Reds return to the championship race in the Premier League this season.
Sesko possesses speed, strong finishing ability and drasticness that makes the central defenders bored. He has the ability to finish with both legs and good play skills thanks to the outstanding height of 1m95. In Leipzig's shirt, Sesko is often compared to striker Erling Haaland. It is enough to show how high Slovenia players evaluate.
In short, the three new blockbuster strikers are imported to the Premier League each. They have many strengths, but still have limitations. Therefore, the success or failure of each person next season depends on many factors.
