Premier League clubs would stand in line to sign sporty Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres and there should be enormous interest in the red-hot attacker this summer
Sporting Lisbon Forward Viktor Gyokeres will be available for only £ 60 million this summer – an amount much less than its original release clause. The Swede is one of the most sought after players in football after his stunning exploits for the goal in the past two seasons.
Gyokeres has yielded an incredible total of 47 goals of 46 performances in the Portuguese top flight in 2024-25, which gave up speculation that he will probably participate in a top Premier League side such as Manchester United, Liverpool or Arsenal in the coming months.
Of all three clubs, it is said that they are interested in the 26-year-old and there is tug of war for his signature at the end of the season, especially after learning his surprisingly low release clause.
According to Portuguese Outlet a Bola, interested teams will only have to sort out about £ 60 million this summer for the former Star of Brighton and Coventry City this summer. The report says that after Gyokeres had arrived at Sporting in 2023 and had performed so well, an agreement was concluded that the club would not force its original release clause of £ 85.7 million.
But the Primeira League Club is hopeful that they will receive a fee larger than his release clause, because interested parties want to gain an advantage over the competition. It continues to say that there are a total of seven teams that chase Gyokeres, including Arsenal, Liverpool. Manchester City, Barcelona, Real Madrid, PSG and Bayern Munich.
Arsenal is mentioned as the leading favorites to land his signature while continuing their search for a reliable No. 9 that can guarantee a stock of goals after missing Ollie Watkins in January.
It is explained that Gyokees would like to play for a club that can offer him Champions League football, which will probably be a problem for Manchester United, unless they can continue and win the Europa League. United was previously advertised as the leaders to sign Gyokeres because of his earlier working relationship with Ruben Amorim.
But now he will have the choice of the clubs that are desperate to have a player who will probably close the season with the European Golden Shoe – the price that is awarded to the player with most goals on the continent. It was previously won by people like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski.
His manager Rui Borges has supported him to do exactly that and say: 'I believe it is possible because he is very competitive. He is exactly the same in training. Hungry for goals to achieve the goal of the opponent. He has improved since he arrived at Sporting in the field of individual and team game.
'We have to enjoy this opportunity as long as we can, he is an above -average player. I see him fully focused and with a hunger and ambition to help the team become champion again and play in the cup final. '
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