Manchester United are the latest Premier League club to be linked with Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres.
Both Chelsea and Arsenal have been mentioned as potential suitors for the Swedish international in recent weeks but Portuguese publication Correio da Manha claim United are also weighing up a bid for the player.
Gyokeres only joined Sporting from Coventry City in the summer, but he has scored an impressive 17 goals in just 20 appearances.
Correio da Manha report that the 25-year-old’s performances have led to him becoming “highly coveted” by English top-flight teams, including United.
Gyokeres’s price tag could put off potential suitors
Sporting manager Ruben Amorim has already stated what it would take for his team to sanction the forward’s sale next month. He said any club will have to pay his release fee:
“He will only leave if someone pays the buyout clause in January – otherwise he will stay.”
That clause stands at €100m (£87m), so it does seem somewhat unlikely that United will consider making a bid for Gyokeres.
United will prioritise other positions
There is no doubt that Rasmus Hojlund could do with some support up front. Although the Dane did finally get off the mark in the Premier League by scoring the winner against Aston Villa on Boxing Day, he has struggled to hit the back of the net on a regular basis since his £72m move from Atalanta in the summer.
Even so, it is believed that manager Erik ten Hag is focused on recruiting a centre-back (with one of Gyokeres’s teammates Goncalo Inacio a target), as well as a right winger (with PSV’s Johan Bakayoko and Real Sociedad’s Takefusa Kubo both on the club’s radar).
