Viktor Gyokeres responds to claims he could follow Ruben Amorim to Man Utd in £85m deal

Viktor Gyokeres is acceptable to beryllium 1 of the hottest properties of the upcoming transportation model and Manchester United could beryllium a starring suitor aft Ruben Amorim's move

Viktor Gyokeres has outlined his committedness to Sporting pursuing Ruben Amorim's departure for Manchester United.

The red-hot Swede deed 4 goals for the Portuguese giants connected Friday successful their 5-1 demolition of Estrela Amadora - the archetypal lucifer since Amorim's determination to United was confirmed. And aft starring by example, Gyokeres was besides quizzed connected whether helium would beryllium funny successful joining his existent brag astatine Old Trafford.

He said: “Going with Amorim to Man United? I don’t know, I’m here. I truly similar being here, it’s not thing I deliberation about. I’m enjoying it here. I’m bittersweet astir him leaving. We privation him each the best”.

The erstwhile Coventry City attacker has a whopping £85million merchandise clause written into his existent contract. But overmuch similar Amorim, Sporting are expected to springiness the subordinate their connection that helium tin depart adjacent summertime for what they considered to beryllium just marketplace value.

The 26-year-old, who has been watched by the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea, has already deed 20 goals successful 16 matches this play successful each competitions. Amorim meantime has revealed that helium tried to enactment astatine Sporting until the extremity of the season, but that petition was rejected.

"I can't accidental much. It's a signifier wherever radical consciousness what they person to feel. I wanted to explicate the situation. At the opening of the season, and the president was determination to corroborate it, I had a speech with him and [director of shot Hugo] Viana, and I said that, immoderate happened, it was my past play astatine Sporting," helium said.

“The play started and we started to person a precise bully season. United came along, paid the clause, supra the clause, and the president defended his interests. I ne'er discussed thing with the chairman. The lone petition I made was that it would beryllium astatine the extremity of the play and they told maine that wasn't possible, that it was present oregon never.

“I had 3 days to determine connected thing that would wholly alteration my life. It's not the archetypal clip that I've had my clause paid by different club. Nor the second. I wanted that nine and that context. It's conscionable similar Sporting."

The 39-year-old has besides opened up connected however pugnacious the prime to permission Sporting for United has been for him to make. He added: "It's precise hard for maine to leave. More for maine than for immoderate different Sporting fan.

"There was nary disorder astatine all. We person to safeguard everyone's interests. Far from playing the victim, I had to, successful this dormant zone, the lone idiosyncratic who is present is me. I said I would enactment for arsenic galore games arsenic necessary.

"I didn't accidental thing earlier due to the fact that I couldn't. That's however the determination is. The nine appeared that I knew that if I rejected it, I wouldn't person it successful six months. And I knew that successful six months I would cognize that I wouldn't beryllium astatine Sporting.

"The lone nine that I wanted and that moved me. It got to a constituent wherever I had to determine and I did. Now I'm going location overmuch much relaxed. I would person earned 3 times much with the past nine that paid my clause. I gave everything I had for the club.”

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