Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres available for cut-price £63m

Swedish forward who scored hat-trick in Champions League thrashing of Manchester City allowed to leave for £20m less than his release clause

Premier League clubs have been put on red alert after it emerged Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres is available for just £63 million.
Gyokeres, 26, is among the most sought-after forwards after two seasons under Ruben Amorim, who starts at Manchester United next week following his final Sporting match against Braga on Sunday.
United, Chelsea and Arsenal have previously been linked with the former Coventry City player, who has scored 23 goals in 17 matches this season.
Gyokeres has a €100 million (£83 million) release clause in his contract with Sporting, which expires in 2028. But it is understood the Sweden international will be allowed to leave for a lower fee in the summer.
Sporting may accept a bid of around £63 million for Gyokeres, who scored a hat-trick in the 4-1 win over Manchester City on Tuesday evening. It would still mark a huge profit on the £20 million paid to Coventry at the start of last season.
“I’ve just made peace with the Sporting fans, so I’m not even going to make a joke about it,” Amorim said after the win over City when asked about the possibility of taking Gyokeres with him to Old Trafford.
“Gyokeres is a Sporting player, which is a great club, he did a lot for the club, he was in the second division [of English football]. He just has to stay and finish the season at the club.”
Gyokeres had a spell at Brighton earlier in his career and also went on loan at Swansea City.
Amorim, meanwhile, says he will ignore media coverage of his United career when he starts next week. “I’m not going to read anything for six months,” he said.
“The only way to work well is to work and focus on the team.”
Meanwhile, it is thought Geovany Quenda is a talent Amorim would love to work with in the future, with the 17-year-old extensively scouted by Premier League clubs.
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