Ruben Amorim's first Man Utd transfer target 'is a better player than Erling Haaland'

With Ruben Amorim days distant from taking implicit the reins astatine Old Trafford, his sights volition apt crook to improving a squad that sits 13th successful the Premier League

Viktor Gyokeres, who is heavy linked with a determination to Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United, has been touted arsenic a amended striker than Erling Haaland.

Amorim volition officially permission Sporting CP, wherever helium made past by capturing 2 league titles, on November 11, having been swiftly courted and snapped up arsenic the antheral to regenerate the departed Erik 10 Hag successful Manchester.

The 39-year-old volition bring with him a caller attack to the game, with his three-at-the-back strategy definite to shingle things up tactically, but could besides look to persuade immoderate of those who person been truthful pivotal to his occurrence successful the Portuguese superior to travel on too.

The astir notable of those patrons, Swedish ace Gyokeres, has emerged from starring for Coventry City successful the Championship to 1 of Europe’s astir in-demand and in-from strikers - and immoderate adjacent judge helium is amended than Manchester City’s goal-obsessed Haaland.

"It sounds crazy, but I deliberation helium is simply a somewhat amended mentation of Haaland,” admitted erstwhile Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart, speaking to Ziggo Sport earlier Sporting’s Champions League clash with Haaland’s City. “Haaland is incredible, of course, but Gyokeres has a spot more."

His compatriot Marco van Basten, erstwhile a deadly marksman successful his ain right, agreed with praising Gyokeres, adding: “He [Gyokeres] is simply a existent footballer. A existent striker. He is strong, scores easy and is calm successful beforehand of goal. He tin besides dribble past the goalkeeper. He is simply a precise bully striker."

The 26-year-old has been flying this term, scoring 23 goals successful each competitions - 16 of those successful the league and 5 successful Europe. Haaland, connected the different hand, sees his tally dwarfed, arsenic he’s mustered a inactive awesome 14 truthful far, 11 of those coming successful the Premier League. Last run saw a akin communicative unfold, arsenic Gyokeres’ 43 goals bushed retired his Norwegian counterpart’s 38.

While it indispensable beryllium said that Haaland faces tougher challenges week by week successful the English apical flight, Gyokeres continues to execute connected the European signifier and is, without a doubt, a good goal-scoring threat.

Now, the chances of Gyokeres jumping vessel to reunite with Amorim person been played down by the player's erstwhile boss, who commented connected the backmost of his last location crippled for Sporting against the Cityzens: “Viktor has to enactment until the extremity of the season, and past his beingness volition astir apt spell determination else.”

However, though it is apt the Swede volition stay with Sporting until the summertime erstwhile a nine could drawback him up for £63million if a gentleman's statement is to beryllium believed, Gyokeres himself has expressed his admiration for Amorim, hinting that a reunion would beryllium welcomed.

"We volition miss him [Amorim] a lot,” Gyokeres told UEFA post-City clash. “We've done astonishing things together. We volition miss him and the different guys successful the unit who volition leave. We person to look guardant and onslaught the adjacent situation up of us."

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