{"id":215573,"date":"2025-06-26T09:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/215573\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T09:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:56:09","slug":"man-utd-viktor-gyokeres-contacts-club-with-new-transfer-decision-as-arsenal-rocked-football-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/215573\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd: Viktor Gyokeres ‘contacts club with new transfer decision’ as Arsenal rocked | Football | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Viktor Gyokeres<\/a> has performed a stunning transfer U-turn that leaves Manchester United<\/a> in pole position for his signature, according to reports. Arsenal<\/a> were thought to be in the driver’s seat to sign the Sporting striker<\/a>, but the Gunners’ pursuit of Benjamin Sesko has potentially prompted him to turn his focus towards their Premier League<\/a> rivals.<\/p>\n

Gyokeres’ future in Lisbon has been one of the summer transfer window’s biggest sagas so far amid a dispute over his departure. Sporting president Frederico Varandas has accused the 27-year-old’s agent<\/a> of falsely claiming that the club would accept an initial fee as low as \u00a359million as part of a gentleman’s agreement.<\/p>\n

Varandas also insisted that the Portuguese champions wouldn’t consider that fee acceptable after Gyokeres scored 54 goals in 52 games last season.<\/p>\n

The situation has grown messy since, with Fabrizio Romano claiming Gyokeres will not return for pre-season training until they find a resolution.<\/p>\n

Earlier in June, reports stated that the Sweden international had told United that a move to Arsenal<\/a> was his priority this summer.<\/p>\n

However, Mikel Arteta<\/a> is believed to have identified RB Leipzig’s Sesko as his top striker target, and negotiations over a transfer are ongoing.<\/p>\n

According to TEAMtalk<\/a>, the Gunners’ alternative preference has sparked a dramatic U-turn, with Gyokeres now leaning towards United.<\/p>\n

It’s claimed that Gyokeres has informed the Red Devils that he wants to land at Old Trafford this summer and is ready to snub other interest.<\/p>\n

Portuguese outlet Correio da Manha report<\/a> that Liverpool<\/a> are also in the frame after initiating contact with Sporting to learn the conditions of a deal.<\/p>\n

But Gyokeres is now said to want a reunion with former boss Ruben Amorim<\/a>, though he would have to remain patient for any concrete approach.<\/p>\n

United need to sell players if they are to make any further signings after Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo, who look set to cost around \u00a3125m.<\/p>\n

Marcus Rashford, Antony, Alejandro Garnacho and Jadon Sancho are at the forefront of the shop window as part of an attacking shake-up.<\/p>\n

Amorim is keen to offload the quartet and make space for a third attacking signing to form his new-look front three next season.<\/p>\n

Gyokeres has scored 97 goals in 102 appearances since joining Sporting from Coventry City, where he netted 43 times in 116 games.<\/p>\n

He could be the established goalscorer Amorim craves after a toothless 2024\/25 campaign, but player sales will prove crucial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Viktor Gyokeres has performed a stunning transfer U-turn that leaves Manchester United in pole position for his signature,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[6167,37199,12031,763,25283,57002,423,101,8558,79,11947,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-215573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-arsenal-fc","9":"tag-bryan-mbeumo","10":"tag-football-section","11":"tag-liverpool-fc","12":"tag-man-utd-news","13":"tag-man-utd-transfer-news","14":"tag-manchester-united-fc","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-sport-section","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-transfer-news-section","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114749072002681868","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215573","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=215573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}