For two seasons, Viktor Gyokeres has taken an incredible dimension. Unknown to the general public during his many championship seasons with Swansea and Coventry City, the Swedish striker changed on the other side by joining Sporting CP in the summer of 2023. Very quickly irremovable in the Ruben Amorim system, the Swedish striker was not long before stacking the goals. Author of 43 goals in 50 matches in his first season in Lisbon, Gyokeres was one of the sensations of the 2023-2024 season in Europe.
Therefore, many observers awaited confirmation. Ardently courted in the summer of 2024, Gyokeres had chosen to stay at Sporting due to a “gentlemen agrement” with his management to leave a lower amount that the 100 million euros claimed by the Lisbon club. Still in Sporting, Gyokeres continued to panic the counters. Author of 54 goals and 13 assists in 52 games, the Scandinavian feasted and clearly did not calm the ardor of his pursuers, still also eager to enlist him this summer.
The first arsenal offer was postponed
In England, several Premier League cadors have gyokeres their top priority to expand their attack. While a meeting in Manchester United with Ruben Amorim has long been mentioned, the hottest track leads to London where Arsenal finally wishes to have a goalscorer worthy of the name for the years to come. In recent days, the native of Stockholm had also emerged from silence on his future on his social networks and had said that nothing was done yet for his future: “There are a lot of discussions at the moment, most are false. I will speak when the time comes. ” This is not quite what the Portuguese press advances.
This Friday, Record says that a first offer was made by Arsenal. The latter amounts to 55 million euros to which can be added 10 million bonuses. A proposal postponed by Sporting during an appointment with the management of the Gunners in Minorca. The management of the Sporting CP would await a much more substantial offer to release its Goleador, which had recently pushed a rant against his direction which he considers too greedy. For his part, the interested party explained to Manchester United that he did not wish to join the Red Devils project. Case to follow then …
