Ruben Amorim steps up Viktor Gyokeres chase as Man Utd scout three players

Ruben Amorim wants to reunite with Viktor Gyokeres astatine Manchester United, but the Portuguese manager would besides similar to snare 2 different apical players from Sporting Lisbon

Manchester United person scouts successful attendance to ticker Viktor Gyokeres play Arsenal successful the Champions League - and 2 of the striker's Sporting Lisbon team-mates.

Gyokeres has evolved into 1 of Europe's astir prolific strikers since joining Sporting successful the summertime of 2023 connected a escaped transfer. And the Sweden planetary is known to person respective high-profile suitors successful the Premier League.

Arsenal - who volition spot Gyokeres firsthand connected Tuesday nighttime - are semipermanent admirers but United have besides emerged arsenic a imaginable destination for the striker aft they poached his erstwhile boss, Ruben Amorim, from Sporting.

Amorim has designs connected reuniting with Gyokeres and 2 much Sporting players adjacent summertime if United tin present the indispensable transportation funds.

As outlined by The Mail, Gyokeres is connected the radar and signing different striker has been identified arsenic the club's transportation priority. Teenage prodigy Geovany Quenda is besides of interest, though, arsenic is Pedro Goncalves.

The trio are each apt to play a important relation against Arsenal connected Tuesday nighttime with United scouts watching on. And they'll beryllium joined by endowment spotters from Manchester City, who are besides keeping tabs connected Gyokeres' situation.

Amorim's erstwhile Sporting ally, Hugo Viana, has already been confirmed arsenic City's adjacent manager of football and it's said helium is 'likely' to pb a rival bid for Gyokeres adjacent summer, with United promising not to marque a determination for immoderate of Sporting's endowment successful January.

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Gyokeres has been successful red-hot signifier for Sporting this term, notching 24 goals successful conscionable 19 matches for the Portuguese champions.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta refused to remark connected Gyokeres up of the Gunners' gathering with Sporting pursuing reports linking him with the club.

But goalkeeper David Raya broke fertile to marque the erstwhile Coventry City antheral arsenic a apical player. He said: "We cognize his strengths, however helium runs a batch successful down and scores a batch successful one-v-one and helium is simply a apical subordinate successful form.

"We are going to effort and support him very, precise quiet. Don't springiness him immoderate chances. We person to measurement up defensively. Hopefully we tin bash a large occupation and support a cleanable sheet."

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