Arsenal and Manchester United are among the admirers of Viktor Gyokees, but there are now enormous doubts about whether Ruben Amorim's side can finance a deal after losing the Europa League -Final and missing the Champions League qualification
Viktor Gyokees has made a new admission about his future, while he is preparing for what is expected to be his last match for sporting CP. The red-hot Swedish Center-Forward was followed by Arsenal and Manchester United prior to the summer transfer window, but he wants to sign up as a double winner after the Taca de Portugal final of Sunday against arch-rivals Benfica.
Speaking with the Portuguese TV channel SIC Noticias prior to the Crunch collision, Gyokeres was asked what the future has in store, to which he responded: “Hopefully you can expect I will continue to improve and score goals.”
When he was busy or he would stay on this summer, the Extiker of the ex-Coventry City added: “We will see. It's the future. Football is that way, you never know what will happen. As we saw this season, you never know what will happen. And it is the same now. We will see what the future has.”
The newly appointed Arsenal sports director Andrea Berta defends the potential signing of Gyokeres since he arrived at the Emirates Stadium in March.
And if the Italian chef has done enough to win Mikel Arteta by convincing him to pursue a deal, Arsenal would now be considered clear leaders for the signature of Gyokeres after the last defeat of Manchester United against Tottenham in Bilbao.
Ruben Amorim is enthusiastic about a reunion with his former sporting striker at Old Trafford, but the 1-0 loss for Spurs is ready to have harmful implications for United's finances, because they have now missed a golden ticket in the Champions League where there is huge prize money for grab.
The Red Devils are already about to trigger Wolves star Matheus Cunha's release clause that is worth in the £ 62.5 million region. And if United wants to continue to publish that size of that size, they will have to make a number of controversial sales with people like Rasmus Hojlund and Alejandro Garnacho among those who could still leave.
Gyokeres, who scored a hat trick against Manchester City in November, wants to test himself at the highest level next season and play Champions League football while he also fought for large silverware.
Arsenal can offer him that their budget would also enable them to finance a movement, but the bottleneck is that they have also considered other strikers such as RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko, a long -term target, as part of their extensive summer planning. Nevertheless, Mikel Arteta has already publicly announced that the Gunners have already agreed their last shortlist.
Gyokeres, 26, has been enormously respectful in recent weeks, despite the fact that he has confronted countless questions about his future. There is a men's agreement at the Portuguese club that will enable him to leave the club for a figure between £ 55 million and £ 60 million this summer that is considerably less than its release clause of £ 84.3 million (€ 100 million).
Sporting wanted to reward Gyokees for his loyalty, because he did not insist on checking a new challenge in January after the departure from Amorim to United. It is understood that Gyokees has again asked his representatives to abandon the Friday from formalizing their interest in his services until after the season of Sporting has been completed, out of respect for the sport, to inform on Friday.