Atletico Madrid reportedly made Alex Baena and defender Cristian Romero to their priorities for the summer transfer window, but in Portugal they are linked to a surprise movement for sporty CP star Viktor Gyokeres. The Swedish attacker, who came in second place to the Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid in the Golden Boot Race through Doelen Doelwegen, will leave Lisbon this summer.
Even since last summer there is interest in Gyokees, but nobody has strengthened the money for the Sweden International. This season he would lead sporty to the Primeira Liga title this season.
Barcelona supposedly watched Gyokeres as a long -term successor to Robert Lewandowski, and director of Football Deco has spoken positively about Gyokeres. Yet he ruled the Blaugrana, with a number nine not on their agenda this summer.
Despite a release clause in his contract worth € 100 million, sports and gyokees have a handshake agreement that he can leave this summer about € 70-75 million. It is generally expected that he would move to the Premier League, with little capable of paying that compensation. Arsenal, who is looking for a striker, has asked about his availability.
According to record in Portugal, as quoted by Diario ALS, Atletico Madrid leads the race for Gyokees. Their information and the headline story on the front page is that extra money from the club World Cup and their sponsorship agreement with Nike has given them extra money, and Atletico is moving forward in conversations for Gyokees.
However, the news was refused by Diario as a reporter Edu Burgos, who claims that there has been no contact from Atletico with Gyoke's Camp of Sporting. It could very well be a strategy to raise its price.
The news did come as a surprise for those who follow the club in Spain. With Baena and Romero at the top of their priority list, it seems likely that the majority of their budget will be assigned to them. After he just signed Julian Alvarez (€ 75 million plus € 15 million in variables) and Alexander Sorloth (€ 33 million) last summer, it would be something of a surprise if they would spend big in that department again.