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Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool person been told 1 of their cardinal transportation targets is simply a ‘better version’ of Erling Haaland.
Haaland has been the astir prolific goalscorer successful Europe implicit the past 5 years, scoring a hugely awesome 104 goals successful 112 appearances for Manchester City.
His tally of 36 goals successful his archetypal play successful England was a Premier League record and the 24-year-old looks acceptable to station akin numbers this play with 14 goals successful his archetypal 14 games.
Haaland adjacent looks connected people to smash Alan Shearer’s all-time Premier League grounds of 260 goals but erstwhile Netherlands planetary Rafael van der Vaart nevertheless believes Viktor Gyokeres has ‘a spot more’ than the Norwegian.
Gyokeres has attracted involvement from immoderate of the biggest clubs successful Europe pursuing his sensational signifier for Sporting Lisbon, wherever helium has scored 59 goals successful 65 games.
The 26-year-old erstwhile Coventry City striker bagged 29 goals past play to assistance Sporting triumph the Portuguese rubric and already has 16 goals successful 10 league games this term.
Gyokeres is expected to beryllium the subject of involvement from the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool during the upcoming January transportation window, peculiarly fixed his existent brag Ruben Amorim is preparing to instrumentality implicit astatine Old Trafford.
Speaking to Ziggo Sport, ex-Tottenham prima Van der Vaart said: ‘It sounds a spot crazy, but I deliberation helium [Gyokeres] is simply a spot of a amended mentation of Haaland. Haaland is of people incredible, but Gypkeres has a spot more, oregon something.’
AC Milan and Ajax leader Marco van Basten added connected Gyokeres: ‘He’s a existent footballer, I think. A existent footballing striker.
‘Strong, scores easy and is calm successful beforehand of goal. He is besides capable to walk the keeper, I deliberation he’s a truly bully striker. I tin bask him.’
Gyokeres has got connected the scoresheet successful 12 of his 14 appearances for Sporting this play and bagged 4 successful his past crippled against Estrela Amadora.
The Sweden planetary recently distanced himself from rumours helium could travel Amorim to Manchester United.
‘Going with Amorim to Manchester United? I don’t know,’ Gyokeres said pursuing his sensational show against Estrela.
‘I’m here. As you tin see, I bask it astatine Sporting. It’s thing I truly deliberation about. I’m bittersweet astir him [Amorim] leaving. We privation him each the best.’
While Gyokeres has been successful unthinkable form, ex-Arsenal and England prima Paul Merson is baffled by the level of interest successful a subordinate who was astatine Championship broadside Coventry little than 2 years ago.
‘They’re each talking astir bringing Viktor Gyokeres in,’ Merson wrote successful his Sportskeeda column. ‘This is what does my caput in, honestly.
‘He was playing for Coventry a portion agone and nary 1 wanted him. Now helium goes to a lesser league, does good and abruptly you person to wage £40-50m other for him!
‘Imagine if helium was inactive astatine Coventry and United wanted him. Everybody would beryllium losing their minds.’
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