Gyokeres sets record straight on Arsenal future after exit claim - 'I want to"

Viktor Gyokeres insists he has no desire to explore a move away from Arsenal despite falling down the pecking order this season.

The Sweden striker, 28, has started just once for the champions in the Premier League this term with Mikel Arteta favouring Kai Havertz to lead the line. That has fuelled claims that Gyokeres, signed last summer for £63.5million, may consider his future.

But Gyokeres made it clear that he has no plans to do so when he was asked if he was staying with the Gunners by Fotbollskanalen and TV4, replying: "I want to!

"It feels good when I've played. We've won most of the games. It was a tough loss in the cup [Fleetwood]. Otherwise it's felt good for myself and the team. I've been doing well lately when I've been playing. Right now it feels good.

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"The communication with [Mikel] Arteta is good. We talk about football and how we should play. Before a match, if I'm going to start, we talk about the opponents and what I should think about."

Gyokeres ended his maiden Premier League campaign for Arsenal with 14 goals to his name but is still yet to get off the mark this term.

He has, though, been on target in the Champions League, notching a goal and an assist against Slavia Prague before Arsenal's final game prior to the international break against Hull, while the former Sporting Lisbon man has also plundered 10 goals in 11 games for his country.

Gyokeres position at Arsenal has been scrutinised by others with CBS Sports pundit Nigel Reo-Coker recently claiming Arteta 'doesn't trust' the striker to start big matches after featuring in the shock Carabao Cup loss to League Two Fleetwood Town.

But Gyokeres says such criticism is water off a duck's back, adding: "Sometimes it might get to me, but overall not so much. If I score goals and assists in the Champions League, I couldn't care less what they say.

"It's nice to do those kinds of performances. To deliver for myself and for the team. That's where the focus lies. It's natural too. It's what gets the most headlines and what sticks the most when people listen. I understand that's how it is."