Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres chooses Arsenal over Man United in £55m switch deal

Arsenal are lastly set to signal Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting CP after weeks of intense negotiations and rumours. The Gunners have reportedly crushed Manchester United to safe the Swedish striker for the upcoming season.

The switch saga turned messy when Gyokeres refused to return to pre-season coaching in Lisbon. He even despatched a authorized letter to Sporting, claiming that an settlement over his launch payment had been damaged.

Right here’s how a lot Gyokeres will get if he strikes to Arsenal

Nevertheless, it has now emerged that Arsenal are near ending the drama after agreeing a deal value £55 million (over Rs 600 crore) plus £8.6 million (over Rs 95 crore) in bonuses. The 27-year-old is about to signal a five-year contract.

In line with The Athletic, Gyokeres wished to affix Mikel Arteta’s squad and never Man Utd, the place his former boss Ruben Amorim is at present positioned. He’ll reportedly be a part of his new teammates on their pre-season tour in Singapore.

If the deal is finalised, Gyokeres will develop into Arsenal’s fifth signing this summer time after Martin Zubimendi, Noni Madueke, Christian Norgaard, and Kepa Arrizabalaga.

“You understand I can not touch upon any participant that’s not a part of our group but. When we’ve one thing concrete to supply in any case to any participant, we’ll try this,” Arteta was quoted as saying about Gyokeres in Day by day Categorical.

Gyokeres caught consideration after scoring 54 objectives in 52 matches for Sporting final season. He performed a key position in serving to Sporting win each the league and cup titles within the 2024-25 season.

After leaving Brighton & Hove Albion for round £1m to affix Coventry Metropolis in 2021, Gyokeres grew to become a key participant for the Championship aspect earlier than sealing a £17m transfer to Sporting in 2023.

He scored 97 objectives and supplied 28 assists at Sporting in two seasons, serving to them win back-to-back league titles and the Taca de Portugal final season.

Arsenal, however, had been missing a pure No. 9, relying primarily on Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus. They are going to hope that Gyokeres can present the lacking spark to push the workforce in direction of a Premier League title this season.