Viktor Gyokeres has dominated out a transfer to Nottingham Forest this summer season as he prepares to depart Sporting CP, a report has claimed.
Gyokeres has been linked with Europe’s elite for almost all of his two-year tenure with Sporting and, after racking up 40 targets in 41 appearances throughout all competitions this season, is about to depart for pastures new.
The Premier League is anticipated to be his touchdown spot and there can be no scarcity of suitors. Gyokeres is on the radars of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester Metropolis, Manchester United and Newcastle United, whereas reviews just lately claimed Forest had opened talks over an bold swoop for the 26-year-old.
Florian Plettenberg firmly guidelines out a attainable transfer to Forest for Gyokeres, who has set his sights on becoming a member of a crew able to competing for main European honours sooner or later.
Certainly, a earlier report named Arsenal, Liverpool and Metropolis as his most well-liked locations, with the Premier League seen as the highest precedence for Gyokeres, who has by no means performed in England’s high flight – he was an unused substitute thrice for Brighton & Hove Albion through the 2018/19 season.
A launch clause of €100m (£83.6m) scared suitors off final summer season however Gyokeres has an settlement with Sporting to depart for much less this time round.
Groups trying to signal Gyokeres can be requested to pay round €60m-€70m (£50.2m-£58.5m).
The concept of seeing Gyokeres within the Premier League was of nice attraction to his worldwide supervisor, Jon Dahl Tomasson, who was requested for his verdict on rumours of a attainable change to England.
“Gyokeres can be implausible within the Premier League,” the Sweden boss insisted. “He may play for any membership on the earth and he would rating a variety of targets wherever. Him and [Alexander] Isak are two fairly completely different gamers, however they’re each world-class strikers.”
