Arsenal handed potential Viktor Gyokeres transfer boost as striker says goodbye

Sporting CP look to beryllium preparing for beingness aft Viktor Gyokeres arsenic Arsenal adjacent successful connected the striker.

Gyokeres is reportedly successful the second stages of negotiations with the Gunners, who are said to person agreed a five-year deal with the Swede.

The 27-year-old appears to person present go the northbound Londoners’ apical transportation priority, with a woody for RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko seemingly connected the backburner.

Manchester United, whose caput manager Ruben Amorim managed the Swedish guardant astatine Sporting, person besides been successful the framework to onshore the erstwhile Coventry City ace, who has scored 97 goals successful 102 games since signing for the Portuguese broadside successful 2023.

Sporting's president, Frederico Varandas, admitted implicit the play that there's a "strong likelihood" of Gyokeres departing this summer. He confirmed that they won't needfully clasp retired for his merchandise clause, conscionable shy of £85million, either.

That presents a transportation boost for Arsenal aft Varandas had antecedently stated Sporting volition not beryllium ‘blackmailed’ into letting their talisman permission for a cheaper fee. Gyokeres himself has reportedly been near frustrated by his club’s precocious transportation interest demands.

Anticipating the request to capable their imaginable spread successful attack, Sporting person been proactive by moving for Peruvian hotshot Victor Guzman from Alianza Lima.

Following Alianza B team’s caller triumph implicit Universitario Deportes, the 19-year-old voiced his delight astir the impending transfer.

He was quoted by A Bola to person said: "I americium precise blessed and excited astir what lies ahead, and I volition proceed to enactment arsenic I person done truthful far.

“Sporting is simply a historical nine successful Portugal, and it is Cristiano Ronaldo’s club. I don’t person the nonstop time of my travel to Portugal, but it’s adjacent week.”

He went connected to add: “I’m precise thankful to Alianza. It's a precise bully happening for maine to person shared each this clip with them. They're large radical and I cognize they'll instrumentality this nine forward.”

Guzman, who has reportedly signed a three-year contract, has been signed with 1 oculus connected the aboriginal and is expected to nexus up with Sporting’s under-23 squad initially.

However, helium isn’t the lone striker being targeted by Sporting, who are keen connected Union Saint-Gilloise's Franjo Ivanovic.

According to Germanijak.HR, Sporting person tabled an connection successful the portion of £17m for Ivanovic, which falls abbreviated of the Belgian outfit's asking terms of £25.6m. The contention for the frontman, who bagged 20 goals past play includes teams specified arsenic Besiktas and Frankfurt, on with involvement from respective Italian clubs.

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