Viktor Gyokees will have his future in the coming weeks of the summer transfer window, with Arsenal under the clubs that chase the sporty Lisbon
Viktor Gyokeres has withdrawn from the Sweden team for their upcoming matches in the midst of fever speculation about his future. Gyokeres closed his season with Sporting Lisbon with two medals and is now ready to leave Portugal in a controversial transfer this summer.
He achieved 53 goals and 13 assists in 51 games for sport in the 2024/25 season, so that his side helped the competition and cup double. The former Coventry City star is connected to Arsenal and Manchester United and is expected to move around £ 60 million in the summer transfer window.
Gyokeres was supposed to be involved in the national side, which in friendly competitions in friendly competitions opposite Hungary and Algeria in the coming days. But he has withdrawn from international duty and quotes a slight injury that requires attention.
In reality it is likely that a cautious approach has been agreed with the Swedish manager Jon Dahl Tomasson and his coaching staff. Given his current situation, Gyokees cannot afford to be injured in a friendly play when the biggest transfer of his career is around the corner.
Gyokees remained quite tight about his future, but gave a minor insight into his thinking in conversation with his former teammate of Coventry, Leo Ostigard. In a video call on Flymodus -Podcast, when he was asked about Arsenal, Gyokers said: “No, we will see. Nobody knows anything else. I wish I had a nicer answer, but that's all I can say now.”
Mirror Football understands that Arsenal believes that Gyokeres will be theirs, as long as she fulfills the asking price of sporting of £ 60 million. The Gunners would like to pay the 26-year-old more than £ 200,000 a week to secure his services, because they had missed a topcorer in the past three seasons, when they finished second in the Premier League.
Barcelona has awarded itself from the race for Gyokees, but United remains interested, especially after missing a £ 30 million deal for Liam Delap, who was set to become a member of Chelsea instead. United Baas Ruben Amorim Kent Gyokeres good of his time that is in charge of the sport and would enjoy the opportunity to work with him again, although their lack of European football next season is a clear disadvantage in the negotiations.
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Gyokees was asked about his future after the last game of Sporting of the season. “Let's look,” he said. “It's hard for me to say, because yes, it's football and you never know what will happen in the summer. So for me to say something different than that is impossible.”
Specifically asked about Arsenal, he added: “I don't know, I concentrate on this alone. I tried to concentrate on the latest games because it is so important and I don't want to think about something else. So yes, if there is something true, let's look in the summer.”