Viktor Gyökeres - Sporting Striker

[Paolo Di Canio]

Apologies if there is a previous thread on this player

31 goals and 11 assists in 34 games for sporting this season - 25 year old striker (Swedish) spent the last 2 years at Coventry after being a product of Brighton previously having spells on loan at St Pauli and Swansea - seems to be having the season of his life in Portugal - currently on Arsenals radar.

Extremely fast and powerful number 9 with a sweat strike of the ball - perhaps one to keep an eye out for

 

[Luffy]

Hope he joins one day. He seems like a wonderkid.

 

[Frank Grimes]

Prick sunk my acca by getting sent off after a few minutes in Europa Cup game earlier in the season. Impressive numbers though.

 

[Sea-Cow]

Hope he joins one day. He seems like a wonderkid.

Apart from the whole 25 years on this planet, I almost agree with you. He does seem youthful.

The price would be outrageous, but he would be an exciting signing.

 

[Frank Grimes]

Hope he joins one day. He seems like a wonderkid.

He's 26 in June.

 

[Luffy]

Well, most 25 year olds seem to have their career ahead of them.

 

[mancsarered]

He's 26 in June.

That still makes you a young boy if you've graduated from Carrington

 

[daba]

This guy would have been perfect alongside signing Højlund last summer, can’t remember if we were genuinely linked or if people on here just suggested him. Now he’s €100m, typical.

 

[SalfordRed18]

Well, most 25 year olds seem to have their career ahead of them.

Sure, but a wonderkid a 25 year old turning 26 is not.

 

[criticalanalysis]

Johan Elmander regen?

 

[Luffy]

Sure, but a wonderkid a 25 year old turning 26 is not.

You're right. I wanted to write 'middle aged wonderkid' but thought the humour too juvenile.

 

[Ish]

Sure, but a wonderkid a 25 year old turning 26 is not.

must be a Lingard regen of sorts.

 

[Annihilate Now!]

I thought we should have taken a punt on him straight from Coventry

 

[WeePat]

According to the rumour mill Gyokeres appears to be Chelsea’s alternative target to Osimhen, though it sounds like Sporting will slap a £100m fee on his head.

 

[Dannn411]

I thought we should have taken a punt on him straight from Coventry

Same. The signs were clear even in the Championship that he was going to be playing top level football very soon.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Johan Elmander regen?

I loved him, used to be in my fantasy team every year. The goal he scored v Wolves (I think) was an incredible goal.

 

[Vault Dweller]

I thought we should have taken a punt on him straight from Coventry

Aye he was very exciting even there. Would cost a bomb now.

 

[Harry190]

Damn, at least a third of his goals are outstanding. That's enormous. Not sarcasm.

The movement and composure of that level would apply to any high level footballing competition and garner the same results.

 

[Siorac]

Fun fact: his name is an adjective that roughly translates to "someone with roots".

Now you know.

 

[Gordon S]

It is a little bit funny that Sporting bought him for about 20m euros 7 months ago, and now he is worth triple that, at least.
He was at Coventry last year and did well, scored and assisted at a decent rate. Why didn`t more clubs show interest then is the big question.

 

[SilentWitness]

I wish we didn't spunk so much money away on trash. Him and Wharton were big targets of ours in the past two-ish seasons.

 

[tomaldinho1]

He's 26 in June.

Has been

 

[Dirty Schwein]

He was amazing in the championship last year and has a "cnut" attitude that United need so badly. He has a great future ahead of him as he has all the attributes to be a success. I'm surprised he didn't end up at Brighton/Wolves or somewhere like that with a bigger move lined up.

 

[John_Jensen]

He was amazing in the championship last year and has a "cnut" attitude that United need so badly. He has a great future ahead of him as he has all the attributes to be a success. I'm surprised he didn't end up at Brighton/Wolves or somewhere like that with a bigger move lined up.

Brighton sold him to Coventry

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Brighton sold him to Coventry

Ah yeah but with Wellshit, Cry Baby and a young Ferguson on their books, he would have walked straight back into that team.

 

[golden_blunder]

Im beginning to question the validity of strikers on a hot patch of goal scoring form in Portugal

 

[FrankDrebin]

I don't really see it with him.

 

[Karel Podolsky]

Im beginning to question the validity of strikers on a hot patch of goal scoring form in Portugal

The new Darwin Nunez


Or could be the new Drogba

 

[Powderfinger]

Really intriguing player. He has the physical traits of a box striker and seems like a very talented finisher as well. But then you also look at his heat map and he is moving and linking up all over the final third. For a guy his size he also is a real threat to take players on in a way that is rare among physical strikers. Projecting from the Portuguese league is difficult but he really does seem to have an unusual combination of attributes.

 

[Newstyle]

He has a €100m buy out clause and Sporting will not sell for less.

 

[Gavinb33]

Not for nothing there was a thread on here about unheralded signings a while back and I said we should have a look at this guy, not saying he was good enough but just an under the radar player who should have been looked at with a better eye than mine

 

[Bale Bale Bale]

According to the rumour mill Gyokeres appears to be Chelsea’s alternative target to Osimhen, though it sounds like Sporting will slap a £100m fee on his head.

Sporting typically only sell players for their release clause, which for Gyokeres is €100m(£86m).

 

[Eriku]

My flatmate’s from Portugal and is a Benfica fan, so I caught their match against Sporting. Gyökeres seemed like a real handful. He did some solid work as a target man, managing to turn difficult possessions from a clearence into threatening attacks.

 

[DJ_21]

Good striker. Will probably get quoted nearer to 100m now though

 

[Andersonson]

He isn't worth the sums being mentioned. He's had a very good season no doubt. Origi would've had 20 goals for sporting in that league

 

[Reapersoul20]

In 1994 I was raving about this guy being a wonderful purchase for the future. Ridiculous, this club has no foresight

 

[Rojofiam]

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[simonhch]

Anyone spending a hundred million on a 25 year old player who was in the championship with Coventry last season, and has one good season in Portugal under his belt, deserves everything they get.

 

[Robbie Boy]

It's a hard pass from me.

 

[Brightonian]

Would be exactly the kind of daft signing a good structure (which Ratcliffe seems to be putting in place) is meant to avoid. He's a one-goal-in-three-games Championship striker having the season of his life playing for specialist flat track bullies against some very semi-pro opposition.

Watch his highlights from Coventry. If you want to sign him based on that evidence, then at least you're being realistic. But we'd have to pay Sporting prices.