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In line with a current revelation made by Gabriel Sans in Mundo Deportivo, it has come to gentle that Barcelona aren’t presently contemplating signing Viktor Gyokeres.
Regardless of hypothesis linking the Sporting Lisbon ahead to the membership, sources inside FC Barcelona have denied any curiosity in him for the time being.
Moreover, Whereas Paris Saint-Germain, beneath Luis Enrique, are reported to be monitoring the participant, Barcelona’s consideration seems to be elsewhere.
Issues inside Barcelona
The membership remains to be actively in search of a long-term successor to Robert Lewandowski. Nonetheless, with the Poland worldwide prone to lengthen his contract till 2026, any new striker introduced in would possible must accept a backup function.
This presents a problem for any participant, as taking part in second fiddle to Lewandowski wouldn’t attraction to many prime strikers, together with Gyokeres, who’s presently having fun with a number one function at Sporting Lisbon.
Barcelona aren’t interested by Viktor Gyokeres proper now. (Photograph by Gualter Fatia/Getty Pictures)
His spectacular type there signifies that transferring to Barcelona beneath these circumstances may not be the correct step for his profession.
Issues for Gyokeres as properly
Moreover, by 2026, Gyokeres could be 28 years outdated, and it’s unlikely that even the ahead would need to wait two years earlier than turning into a daily.
A participant in his prime would count on to play usually, and being a backup to Lewandowski may not align along with his aspirations. That is one other issue that would clarify Barcelona’s lack of curiosity in pursuing the participant proper now.
Then again, PSG’s state of affairs is kind of totally different. After shedding Kylian Mbappe to Actual Madrid, the French membership remains to be in search of a succesful goal-scorer to fill the void left by the famous person.
Gyokeres, along with his present type and potential, may very well be an excellent candidate to step into that function at PSG. Due to this fact, evidently the French membership could also be a extra appropriate vacation spot for the striker at this stage of his profession.
*Participant valuation in title obtained from transfermarkt.com on the date of publication.
