Viktor Gyökeres - Sporting Striker

Paolo Di Canio

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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


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

Now you know.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
He has a €100m buy out clause and Sporting will not sell for less.
 
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
 
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).
 
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.
 
Good striker. Will probably get quoted nearer to 100m now though :lol:
 
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
 
In 1994 I was raving about this guy being a wonderful purchase for the future. Ridiculous, this club has no foresight
 
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.
 
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.