Joe Cole: Arsenal would already be champions if they signed one Liverpool player last summer
Joe Cole: Arsenal would already be champions if they signed one Liverpool player last summer Joe Cole has claimed that Arsenal would already be Premier League champions if they’d signed one current Liverpool player last summer. Both clubs invested heavily in Swedish centre-forwards in 2025, with the Gunners signing Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting Lisbon for an initial £55m and Alexander Isak joining the Reds from Newcastle for a club-record £125m . DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE!
ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAY The Merseysiders also brought in Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt for an initial £69m , and prior to his sickening Achilles injury last week, the Frenchman had enjoyed a terrific debut campaign at Anfield as he netted 17 goals. Arsenal’s hopes of succeeding Liverpool as Premier League champions were heavily dented by a 2-1 defeat to nearest pursuers Manchester City on Sunday, with the latter now just three points behind and boasting a game in hand on the leaders. Cole suggests Ekitike would’ve already won Arsenal the league Speaking on The Dressing Room Podcast , Cole claimed that the Gunners would already be celebrating a first top-flight title since 2004 if they’d signed Ekitike rather than Gyokeres, who only came on as an 84th-minute substitute at the Etihad Stadium despite his team trailing well before then.
The former Reds winger said: “Gyokeres was the big signing. If Arsenal don’t win anything, they have got that signing wrong. You’re coming to the biggest game of the season and you’ve gone with two No10s, Havertz and Odegaard, and not with a number nine.
“Havertz was brilliant, but let’s just imagine Ekitike was signed instead of Gyokeres. I think Arsenal would have won the league by now. I do.
Ekitike is a proper player. ” (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images) Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trust Ekitike v Gyokeres: How do the numbers compare?