Sporting demand over $80M for Gyökeres

Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyökeres volition not beryllium disposable for €70 cardinal ($80m) this summer, the club's president has warned amid involvement from Manchester United.

ESPN reported connected Tuesday that United are prioritising the signing of Brentford striker Bryan Mbeumo earlier focusing connected a imaginable determination for Gyökeres, with Arsenal besides interested.

However, reports successful Portugal claim that Gyökeres is aggravated astatine Sporting, believing the nine to person gone backmost connected an statement to let him to determination for €60m positive €10m successful add-ons, overmuch little than his €100m merchandise clause.

On Wednesday, Sporting president Frederico Varandas told reporters: "I tin warrant that Viktor Gyökeres volition not permission for €60m positive €10 due to the fact that I ne'er promised that. The crippled the cause is playing is lone making the concern worse."

When asked if the nine had recieved offers for Gyökeres exceeding €60m, helium said: "To date, Sporting has not received an connection for Viktor Gyökeres, neither contiguous nor past season.

"One happening you should already cognize is that you should cognize maine better. Threats, blackmail, and insults don't enactment with me. He is simply a fantastic professional, but to day helium has received zero offers. He has a three-year declaration with Sporting."

However, Varandas said confirmed that helium did person an statement with Gyökeres to let him to permission for little than his €100m merchandise clause.

"It was agreed that Sporting would not request the termination clause astatine the extremity of this season, not slightest due to the fact that helium was turning 27," Varandas said.

"We knew Viktor's imagination was to spell to a nine wherever helium could combat for the Champions League, and we person communal sense. We guaranteed that we would not request the €100m.

"At that meeting, the cause wanted to anchor the departure to a figure, talking astir €60m, 70m ... I said, 'There's nary constituent successful mounting a fig due to the fact that I don't cognize what volition hap present successful a year's time, if helium gets injured, if helium has a disappointing season.

"There's nary constituent successful mounting a figure, I don't cognize if it volition beryllium 40, 60 oregon 80. What I tin warrant is that I won't request €100m'. From past on, I ne'er spoke to the cause again, I ne'er spoke to the subordinate astir departures oregon figures ... 10 months person passed and I spot the cause successful the property giving retired accusation present and there, but Sporting has communal sense, it keeps its word."

Gyökeres has go 1 of the astir coveted strikers successful Europe having scored 97 times successful 102 games for Sporting successful each competitions since his accomplishment successful July 2023 from Coventry City.