Chelsea transfer target
Viktor Gyokeres has spoken out in response to rumors of Chelsea’s interest in
signing him.
After joining Sporting
from Coventry
City in the last summer transfer window, the 25-year old striker has
had an incredible first half-year in Portugal.
The Sweden international
has scored 19 goals and provided nine assists in only 24 appearances this
season across all competitions.
Chelsea’s London rivals
Arsenal have also been linked with Gyokeres in the past, but in light of their
interest in Brentford star Ivan Toney, the Gunners have recently distanced
themselves from Gyokeres.
Despite recent reports
from Portuguese media that Chelsea had made a €85 million move to buy
Gyokeres, Nizaar Kinsella of The Evening Standard and transfer specialist Fabrizio Romano swiftly disregarded this.
The striker revealed that
he isn’t currently thinking about a move to Stamford Bridge.
In conversation with O
Jogo (via 90min), he said:
“I don’t think anything
about it [Chelsea interest]. I’m here and we have important games, I’m focused
on that.
“There’s a lot of talk on
social media and other places, but I’m not focused on that. I don’t think about
anything else. I’m here now and I’m 100 percent focused on this and the club.”
Following the previously
stated rumors of Chelsea’s January proposal, Sporting manager Ruben Amorin was
also recently questioned on Gyokeres’ future.
“Obviously, I was
informed of the news. As soon as they said it was €85m, I thought: ‘That’s not enough’. It’s only €100m. I’m not worried,” he said according
to GOAL.
“Obviously, every club
has to sell. What they’ve said is that, in the middle of the season, they’ll
only leave for the clause. As we can’t control that, I feel quite calm because
we can’t do anything about it.
“Of course, we have to
look at Viktor’s impact on the team, we’d have to change a lot of things, and
hence the board’s endeavor to say that players we can’t afford to lose will
only leave for the fee.
“I haven’t spoken to
Viana about that. Nowadays, there are obviously clubs that can easily pay €100m, but we don’t control that.
“I’m sure there could be
offers in the summer. Right now, I don’t know. We’ll have to sell, but right
now only for the clause. It’s hard for anyone to beat €100m.
“I doubt there’s been an
offer. I’d be informed, I believe. I don’t believe it was true. €85m is far from our
value, we’re not going to suffer in anticipation.”
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