Arsenal and Chelsea sent clear message over 'excessive' Viktor Gyokeres transfer clause

Red-hot Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyokeres is being tracked by immoderate of Europe's biggest clubs but the Portuguese outfit are refusing to budge and volition request his £85million merchandise clause is met successful bid to onslaught a deal

Arsenal and Chelsea volition person to conscionable Viktor Gyokeres' £85million merchandise clause if they privation to motion the prolific Swedish forward.

The erstwhile Coventry City striker deed 43 goals and registered 15 assists past play during a stunning debut run successful Lisbon and Gyokeres singular signifier has shown nary signs of slowing down having already reached the 10-goal people successful each competitions this term.

Arsenal, who are expected to spell aft a caller marquee centre-forward astatine the extremity of the season, person scouted the subordinate heavy but the Gunners were not consenting to conscionable the eye-watering fig - which was deemed excessively costly - this summer.

Meanwhile, Chelsea favoured a swoop for Victor Osimhen but the Blues were incapable to hold contractual presumption with the Nigerian, present connected indebtedness astatine Galatasaray, contempt extended discussions.

A determination for Osimhen could beryllium revisited successful January acknowledgment to a interruption clause that was written into Napoli's statement with the Turkish giants but a transportation remains complicated, meaning different options are besides successful play should they determine to fortify the extremity of Enzo Maresca's attack.

While it's not a fixed that either Arsenal oregon Chelsea prosecute Gyokeres, his numbers are becoming progressively harder to disregard and helium is undeniably 1 of the astir charismatic options successful the striker market.

Gyokeres himself precocious said connected grounds that helium believes the £85m merchandise clause is steep but Sporting chiefs stay insistent that they person nary involvement successful accepting bids beneath that figure.

That is the connection being relayed some publically and privately by the Portuguese nine and with the ex-Brighton antheral firing connected each cylinders, determination is simply nary crushed wherefore Sporting would request a penny little than their magic fig with Paris Saint-Germain besides said to beryllium interested.

Coventry had initially negotiated a 15 per cent sell-on clause successful 2023 but the fig was reduced this summertime aft the Sweden planetary deed performance-related criteria.

The Sky Blues did person a bonus payment, worthy astir £843,500 (€1m), however, to soften the stroke and they volition inactive slope 10 per cent of immoderate aboriginal nett having present claimed astir £20million including add-ons for the 26-year-old hitman.

Gyokeres precocious claimed during an interrogation with the Swedish media that helium had "no problem" staying enactment this summer, stating: “They (Sporting) wanted astir of the starting players to enactment and held america tight. That’s however it turned out, but I bask Sporting precise much, truthful for maine it was nary occupation to stay. Of course. You privation to play astatine the highest level. It (his €100m merchandise clause) was astir apt a spot excessively overmuch due to the fact that thing came of it."

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