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VIKTOR GYOKERES has gone from an unwanted £1million antheral to the astir sought-after striker successful European football.
The Swedish forward, 26, scored a hat-trick arsenic Sporting Lisbon thrashed Manchester City 4-1 successful the Champions League.
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It brings his extremity tally to 23 successful 17 games for the play and 66 successful 67 since arriving successful Portugal from Coventry for astir £20million past year.
Gyokeres' Sporting manager Ruben Amorim is preparing to permission for Manchester United aft being announced arsenic Erik 10 Hag's successor.
Amorim, 39, volition statesman his reign astatine Old Trafford connected November 11 - with Gyokeres being heavy linked with joining him successful Manchester.
But it was a Man Utd main who was a cardinal fig successful selling the striker for conscionable £1m 3 years ago.
Dan Ashworth, present the Red Devils' sporting director, sanctioned a woody for Gyokeres to permission Brighton and articulation Coventry for the tiny sum backmost successful 2021.
He played conscionable 8 games for the Seagulls and scored lone 1 goal.
After a indebtedness spell with Coventry, Gyokeres joined them permanently for the seven-figure interest and went connected to people 40 times successful 97 games.
His goals fired the Championship broadside to the play-off last which they mislaid to Luton.
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But his awesome signifier attracted involvement from Sporting - who person present seen him go 1 of the champion attackers successful Europe.
It is estimated Man Utd volition person to wage successful the portion of £85m if they are to bring him to Old Trafford.
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And Amorim has already ruled retired a determination for him successful the January window.
He said: "Gyokeres is simply a Sporting player, which is simply a large club, helium did a batch for it, helium was successful the 2nd division.
"He conscionable has to enactment and decorativeness the play astatine Marques."
Meanwhile, Gyokeres besides precocious responded to being linked with Man Utd.
He said: "I don’t know, I’m here. I truly similar being here, it’s not thing I deliberation about. I’m enjoying it here."
Three Sporting stars Amorim could swoop for aft joining Man Utd
RUBEN AMORIM has ruled retired poaching immoderate of his Sporting Lisbon players successful the January transportation window.
But the Portuguese side's chiefs expect Amorim volition travel calling successful the summertime - with his cheque publication wide open.
Here's are 3 Sporting starts United could swoop for... but they won't travel cheap:
VIKTOR GYOKERES
Age: 26
Position: Striker
Cost: £84million
Swede has shone since joining Sporting past summertime from Coventry — catching the oculus of each Europe’s apical clubs.
Hit 43 goals successful 50 games past play and boasts 18 strikes already this term.
GONCALO INACIO
Age: 23
Position: Defender
Cost: £50million
Ball-playing centre-back was handed his debut by Amorim and has since go a cardinal fig successful Sporting’s caller rubric successes.
Can besides slot successful astatine left-back if required and has 12 caps for Portugal.
MORTEN HJULMAND
Age: 25
Position: Midfield
Cost: £40million
Dane is 1 of the apical holding midfielders successful Portugal — and made skipper by Amorim.
He could beryllium the antheral to regenerate Casemiro.
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