Viktor Gyokeres has solidified his place as one in all Europe’s most prolific strikers over the previous 12 months, drawing curiosity from prime golf equipment throughout the continent. Initially seen as a possible signing for Manchester United, particularly with Sporting Lisbon coach Ruben Amorim set to hitch the Crimson Devils, Premier League rivals Arsenal and Chelsea are actually reportedly getting into the race for the Swedish ahead.
After a breakthrough season with EFL Championship aspect Coventry Metropolis, Gyokeres made a €24 million transfer to Sporting Lisbon. Beneath Amorim’s steerage, the striker has flourished, amassing an astounding 66 targets and 19 assists in simply 67 video games. This near-perfect goal-per-game ratio has made him one of the sought-after gamers within the present switch market.
Whereas Manchester United initially appeared the seemingly vacation spot—given Amorim’s impending arrival and their urgent want for a dependable goal-scorer—stories from The Solar counsel that Arsenal and Chelsea are actually sturdy contenders for the Sporting star.
Gyokeres’ price ticket is reportedly round €65 million. Nevertheless, United’s monetary constraints, coupled with their ongoing rebuilding course of and expensive new stadium venture, make them outsiders on this high-stakes bidding battle.
When requested about the potential of bringing Gyokeres to Manchester, Amorim most well-liked to stay cautious: “I‘ve simply made peace with the Sporting followers so I’m not even going to make a joke about it. Gyokeres is a Sporting participant and it’s is a superb membership, he did rather a lot for the membership. He simply has to remain and end the season on the membership.”
In distinction, Arsenal and Chelsea are at present higher positioned each competitively and financially. Chelsea, below the possession of Todd Boehly’s BlueCo, and Arsenal, buoyed by their latest resurgence, each provide extra instant possibilities of silverware and the assets to fulfill Sporting’s valuation.
Bayern Munich and PSG be part of the race
The competitors doesn’t finish in England. Based on French outlet L’Equipe, Paris Saint Germain tried to signal Viktor Gyokeres amid 2024, however coach Luis Enrique intervened to dam the switch because of the quantity of strikers the crew already had. Nevertheless, that curiosity by no means disappeared, and can insist on signing the Sweden participant within the subsequent switch window.
Then again, in accordance with Sky Germany, Bayern Munich has additionally inquired in regards to the Swedish worldwide, turning the pursuit of Gyokeres right into a five-way battle between a few of Europe’s greatest golf equipment.
Gyokeres joins Messi and Aguero in an elite record
Gyokeres’ inventory rose even larger after Sporting’s beautiful 4-1 victory over Manchester Metropolis within the UEFA Champions League, the place he netted a hat-trick to safe the comeback. With this efficiency, the Swedish striker joined Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero in an elite group of gamers.
Gyokeres is now a part of the record of gamers to ever rating three targets in a single recreation in opposition to a Pep Guardiola-coached crew. The primary to ever do such factor was Aguero in 2014, in a Metropolis-Bayern recreation. Messi did the identical, however in a recreation between Barcelona and Manchester Metropolis. The opposite two gamers that full the record are Leicester Metropolis’s striker Jamie Vardy, who did it twice, and Cristopher Nkunku in 2021.
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