Man Utd and Arsenal target names his conditions amid £63m transfer links

Callum McAvoyPublished Nov 16, 2024, 6:55pm|Updated Nov 16, 2024, 6:56pm

Viktor Gyokeres has told Manchester United and Arsenal what they indispensable bash if they privation to motion the prolific striker from Sporting Lisbon.

The Sweden planetary has emerged arsenic a apical people for the Premier League giants, with United’s involvement stepping up aft the appointment of caput manager Ruben Amorim.

Amorim bought Gyokeres to Lisbon and extracted the champion retired of the forward, who has to day scored 66 goals successful 68 games for the Portuguese club.

It is nary wonderment past wherefore involvement successful the 26-year-old is truthful high, with Chelsea and Bayern Munich besides keen.

Sporting are consenting to fto spell of their talisman for £63million, a interest acold nether his merchandise clause, but not earlier adjacent summer, portion Amorim has already stated that helium volition not motion immoderate of his erstwhile players successful the January transportation window.

But of people a batch depends connected whether Gyokeres wants to permission and if so, wherever helium would similar to determination to, with the erstwhile Coventry prima antecedently distancing himself from a transportation to Old Trafford.

But successful a caller interrogation with Swedish outlet Fotbollskanalen, helium seemed much unfastened to the idea, but named his conditions for immoderate imaginable move.

‘That you get an important relation and that you get to play. That’s the astir important thing,’ helium said.

‘There are different things that besides request to beryllium successful place, but I’ll instrumentality it erstwhile it comes.’

United’s lone earthy centre-forward astatine the infinitesimal is Rasmus Hojlund, a promising but truthful acold unconvincing No.9, who has scored 18 goals successful 55 appearances since his £72million determination from Atalanta.

It remains to beryllium seen whether Amorim tin turnaround the 21-year-old’s signifier similar helium did with Gyokeres, but regardless, the Red Devils volition surely request much firepower.

Chelsea and Bayern already boost prime striker options successful Nicolas Jackson, Christopher Nkunku and Harry Kane, but the aforesaid cannot beryllium said for Arsenal.

While Kai Havertz is performing good arsenic their centre-forward, Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli’s struggling signifier has reignited calls for the Gunners to motion a much earthy goalscorer and Gyokeres would acceptable the bill.

But would the Swede favour a reunion with Amorim? The subordinate added: ‘It’s precise bittersweet that he’s leaving, but of people we recognize his decision.

‘He has of people meant a batch [to me] considering that helium gave maine that accidental and that helium made maine make truthful much.”

‘He astir apt has immoderate strikers determination already, truthful we’ll see. No, helium hasn’t [contacted me]. It’s amusive but thing I connect immoderate value to due to the fact that it’s speech and thing concrete.’

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