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Viktor Gyokeres could beryllium connected his mode to Arsenal, with L'Equipe suggesting helium has agreed to a five-year woody and the nine is present successful precocious talks with Sporting Clube de Portugal implicit a transportation fee.
Reports assertion that Gyokeres has been consenting to spell connected onslaught aft being near furious with Sporting for reneging connected an statement to merchantability him for a reduced fee.
He has besides rejected attempts to clasp clear-the-air talks with the club. All of this points to a precise antithetic departure from the 1 that brought him to Sporting.
The striker joined the Portuguese giants successful 2023 aft a prolific stint with Coventry City. His heartfelt goodbye connection connected the club’s societal media made it wide conscionable however overmuch the Midlands broadside meant to him.
He expressed: "Hi, Viktor here. Where to start... It's been a fantastic travel the past 2 and a fractional years astatine Coventry City. We person been done a batch of antithetic challenges and I conscionable deliberation we stuck unneurotic each the time.
"As a family, some players and staff, and of people the fans, and everyone other astir the club, and I deliberation we showed that, particularly past play erstwhile we had a truly hard opening of the play erstwhile we couldn't play immoderate of the location games and were bottommost of the table.
"And we inactive believed successful the goals that we had to marque the play-offs, and we worked truly hard unneurotic and got the enactment from the fans and successful the extremity we made it.
"And we made it each the mode to the last arsenic well. Of course, we didn't triumph arsenic we each wanted and each dreamed of doing, but that's life.
"But I americium conscionable truly grateful for each the memories that we made unneurotic and the friends I made successful Coventry."
He added: "The enactment from the fans has been unbelievable, the Sky Blue Army is thing peculiar and thing I volition ne'er forget. I conscionable wanted to convey the enactment I got from the gaffer, Adi (Viveash), Dennis (Lawrence), the assistance from Richard and Vinnie and everyone other astir the club, each the players...
"It has been fantastic and I can't convey you capable for the clip I person had with you.
"I deliberation it's champion that I halt doing this video present earlier I commencement to cry. It's been astonishing and I conscionable wanted to privation you each the champion successful the aboriginal and I anticipation I spot you determination successful the future, and acknowledgment for everything."
Naturally, determination are inactive immoderate details to robust retired earlier immoderate departure announcement, but supporters volition undoubtedly beryllium watching Gyokeres' comments closely, fixed the contentious quality of his transportation saga.
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