It was a soap opera that lasted many weeks and started to annoy everyone. After a new XXL season on the Sporting side, striker Viktor Gyökeres was more than ever on departure. There was not really any doubt about his future destination: the Premier League. On the other hand, questions remained as for its future club. Manchester United or Arsenal? It was ultimately the Gunners who won the bet after very long weeks of negotiations.
The Swedish international had to go to the clash with Sporting, which kept repelling the Arsenal offers, and he finally won the case since he landed in England for more than 75 million euros. A major reinforcement for Mikel Arteta. But this Thursday morning, the Swedish press, and in particular ETCmade of big revelations around this transfer. This weekend, a shooting took place in Sweden. Shops were fired at the home of one of the Gyökeres agents in Hudbenge, near Stockholm.
Threats and blackmail
Police is currently investigating and considering that this shooting is linked to the transfer of the Swedish striker. According to the Daily Mailthe first elements of the investigation suggest that“A parent boasted of having received a share of the 75 million euros in signature compensation, which could trigger the allegations according to which he was the victim of financial pressures within the framework of a blackmail attempt”writes the English newspaper, which explains that Swedish police revealed that more and more players' agencies were targeted by organized crime.
Due to the enormous sums of money circulating in football and the big commissions collected by certain agents and intermediaries, this environment is now targeted by criminals. Swedish police believe it is the leaks around the amounts garnered in this deal that led to “blackmail and threats” against a gyökeres agent. The suspects are currently sought, but this case may cause a lot of ink in Sweden. Hopefully, for Arsenal, that the player will not be impacted by this story.
