{"id":160287,"date":"2025-06-05T13:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T13:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/160287\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T13:15:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T13:15:21","slug":"viktor-gyokeres-open-to-manchester-united-transfer-but-premier-league-rivals-retain-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/160287\/","title":{"rendered":"Viktor Gyokeres open to Manchester United transfer – but Premier League rivals retain interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victor Gy\u00f6keres is open to a move to Manchester United even without Champions League football, talkSPORT understands.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Sporting striker<\/a> remains a possibility for United, but any move will be dependent on outgoings and formal talks with Sporting are not yet underway.<\/p>\n

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Gyokeres is a serious target for Manchester UnitedCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

However, United head coach Ruben Amorim<\/a> would relish linking up with his former player, and has kept in contact with him since moving to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Sporting want around \u00a360million (\u20ac70m) for Gy\u00f6keres. This is a \u00a325m reduction from his \u00a385m release clause.<\/p>\n

Gy\u00f6keres has a verbal pact in place with Sporting allowing him to leave for less after committing to staying for the 2024\/25 campaign in which he scored 54 goals in just 52 games and won the Primeira Liga title.<\/p>\n

Should United formalise their interest, they could face competition from Arsenal, who are currently determining whether to bid for the Sweden international or Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko.<\/p>\n

Gy\u00f6keres is also one name under consideration at Chelsea, who want to add more firepower due to the expected departure of Christopher Nkunku.<\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool and Juventus have also been linked, while talkSPORT understands two Saudi clubs, Al-Qadsiah and new Saudi Pro League champions Al-Ittihad, are interested. <\/p>\n

It is not thought Gy\u00f6keres wishes to leave Europe, especially a year before the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n

And a new Gy\u00f6keres suitor could also be Champions League winners PSG, who have decided to add another striker due to the expected exits of Marco Asensio and Randal Kolo Muani this summer.<\/p>\n

United have also considered Al-Hilal’s Aleksandar Mitrovi\u0107 <\/a>as a short-term solution, but at this stage no approach has been made.<\/p>\n

Al-Hilal met with Mitrovic’s representatives in Paris on Wednesday to discuss a potential exit, but the former Fulham’s striker’s \u00a312m-net wage could prove a stumbling block to any departure. <\/p>\n

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The Swede smashed home over 50 goals for Sporting in the 2024\/25 campaignCredit: AFP<\/p>\n

Hilal would prefer to sell Mitrovic as they push to bring in Victor Osimhen ahead of the Club World Cup. talkSPORT can reveal Osimhen has a \u20ac30m per-season offer and until Friday to decide.<\/p>\n

Manchester United\u2019s striker top priority heading into this summer was Liam Delap, but the 22-year-old decided to join Chelsea, who can offer him Champions League football next season.<\/p>\n

United were optimistic on landing Delap, and prepared to pay his \u00a330m release clause, had they won the Europa League Final, but always knew the then Ipswich striker wants to play European football next season to boost his England chances, and that Chelsea\u2019s pitch was also strong.<\/a><\/p>\n

Along with planning for a new number nine, which isn’t guaranteed to happen before July, United have now turned their attention to Brentford\u2019s Bryan Mbeumo having already secured Matheus Cunha from Wolves<\/a> in a deal worth \u00a362.5m.<\/p>\n

United\u2019s opening offer for Mbeumo was \u00a345m plus \u00a310m in add-ons <\/a>and falls below Brentford\u2019s valuation, but talks continue and a second bid is now expected. <\/p>\n

Brentford are pointing to the Cunha fee as a yardstick for valuation.<\/p>\n

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The signing of Gyokeres would further bolster Amorim’s attacking stocks at UnitedCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Ruben Amorim wants fast and versatile attackers capable of playing centrally and out wide, allowing him to be more flexible with his system. <\/p>\n

Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo is another name under consideration, <\/a>while Southampton’s Tyler Dibling remains appreciated, and player Jason Wilcox knows well, even though Spurs appear the most concrete suitor at this early stage of the summer.<\/p>\n

A reunion between Amorim and Gyokeres could spell danger for Premier League backlines.<\/p>\n

The Swede scored a staggering 66 goals in 68 games under Amorim at Sporting, including an impressive haul of 43 goals in the 2023\/24 campaign.<\/p>\n

However, when asked shortly after he became United boss whether Gyokeres could join him, Amorim refused to entertain any rumours.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNo, no, no, no,” Amorim told TNT Sports.<\/p>\n

Dwight Yorke urges Manchester United to sign TEN players and build around two current stars<\/p>\n

“I cannot be funny with that in this moment. <\/p>\n

“It is stuff for me to leave if I\u2019m joking about Gyokeres, I will have problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my city, this is my country, so I will respect. <\/p>\n

“Viktor has to stay until the end of the season and then it\u2019s his life is, maybe, going to someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victor Gy\u00f6keres is open to a move to Manchester United even without Champions League football, talkSPORT understands. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,8641,4884,2998,2465,98,101,99,273,58639,100,16,15,8642,165],"class_list":{"0":"post-160287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-football-news","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-latest","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-manchester-united","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-ruben-amorim","17":"tag-rumours","18":"tag-transfer-fee","19":"tag-transfer-news","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom","22":"tag-updates","23":"tag-viktor-gyokeres"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114630948602574588","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}