Viktor Gyokeres to Leeds United truth revealed as statement made on £70m cost

Viktor Gyokeres was a wanted antheral aft his stunning play with Coventry City, but Leeds United avoided a determination for the Swedish guardant acknowledgment to their erstwhile manager of football

Leeds United snubbed the accidental to motion imaginable Manchester United people Viktor Gyokeres earlier helium made the power to Sporting CP.

Gyokeres shone astatine Coventry City successful the 2022/23 play aft his indebtedness from Brighton became a imperishable woody successful 2021. His awesome signifier caught the attraction of respective teams, including Leeds United, who were successful the Premier League astatine the time.

Victor Orta, the erstwhile manager of shot astatine Leeds, revealed to Portuguese paper Record that helium decided against tabling an £11.7 cardinal bid for Gyokeres portion astatine City. He alternatively chose to interruption the slope for Georginio Rutter from TSG Hoffenheim with a grounds £36m fee.

Orta said: "When I was astatine Leeds United I didn't privation to springiness €14m for him. Cases similar that of Gyökeres are the bully surprises that shot gives us, those things that we cannot measure."

Despite starring Coventry to the play-off final, wherever they were edged retired by Luton Town for promotion to the Premier League, Gyokeres did marque a determination successful the 2022/23 season. He took his talents to Portugal alternatively than Leeds, penning a five-year declaration with Sporting for a club-record £16.7m (€20m).

Coventry benefited too, pocketing a sell-on fee, present astatine 5 per cent, and Gyokeres' merchandise clause was acceptable astatine a hefty £83.5m (€100m) - meaning the apt outgo to Leeds is northbound of £70m. That's due to the fact that moving to Portugal, the Swedish striker has been connected fire, scoring 66 goals successful 68 games and providing 19 assists.

Gyokeres is sending shockwaves done the shot world with his lethal finishing, sparking involvement from United arsenic erstwhile Sporting brag Ruben Amorim makes his mode to English shores to instrumentality implicit the Red Devils. Despite the buzz astir a imaginable Manchester move, the 26-year-old remained elusive astir the speculation.

Speaking past week, Gyokeres said: "He astir apt has immoderate strikers determination already, truthful we'll see. No, helium hasn't [asked maine to articulation him]. It's amusive but thing I connect immoderate value to due to the fact that it's speech and thing concrete."

Before Amorim's departure, Gyokeres talented his aged manager a stellar send-off by netting a hat-trick successful Sporting's daze 4-1 demolition of Man City successful the Champions League.

Whether oregon not Gyokeres teams up with Amorim again successful Manchester soon, Leeds person been near to rue missing retired connected snapping him up during his Coventry days.

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