Amorim dealt gutting rejection blow in hopes of Gyokeres reunion at Man Utd as striker’s ideal club is divulged
Manchester United will be made to pursue other forward targets after learning of Viktor Gyokeres’ summer plans.
There were expectancies among the Old Trafford faithful that a deal for the unstoppable frontman would be easier to come by due to his prior connection with Ruben Amorim; Gyokeres played 68 games under the coach at Sporting Lisbon, scoring 66 goals.
It’s also widely expected that he’ll depart Portugal this summer in hopes of plying his trade in a more competitive division. Knowing he isn’t short of suitors, the Sweden international essentially has his pick of the bunch – as long as interested clubs meet Sporting’s demands.
Gyokeres’s current contract with Sporting includes an £83 million release clause. However, The Telegraph previously claimed that a fee in the region of £63m would be enough to prise him from the Jose Alvalade Stadium.
Gyokeres ideal club revealed as he impatiently targets silverware
Wherever Gyokeres chooses to take his exploits next, it’s now highly unlikely to be at United. Journalist Duncan Castles has divulged the ex-Coventry City talisman’s plans heading into the summer, and how he wants to move to a side that’ll be competing on all fronts instantaneously – rather than biding his time in Manchester until Amorim’s project starts to take shape.
“He wants to go to a club where he can prove himself, where he can win trophies, and his assessment of where Manchester United are at the moment is that is not the option to take in a summer where he’ll be turning 27,” Castles told The Transfers Podcast.
“He’s going to look at the clubs that are making him offers and pick the one that he thinks is the best place to demonstrate his time in England in the lower division and at Brighton weren’t an accurate representation of his abilities as a player, and that what he’s done in Portugal can be replicated in the English League or elsewhere in Europe.”
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