Sporting: there is another shark keeping an eye on Gyokeres

The siege is tightening on the Swede: PSG could also enter the race; Leonine goalscorer woke up the giants who have the capacity to reach the values ​​desired by the Lions; there is a current at the French club that looks at the striker as a potential reinforcement

There is another shark in the lake where Gyokeres swims: Paris Saint-Germain joins the group of teams that are following Sporting’s 25-year-old goalscorer very closely and with that the siege is getting tighter and tighter on the Swede. The Leonine administration even wants to hold on to him, but clubs that can actually reach the value of the termination clause, 100 million euros, are already surrounding him and with that the exit door is opening more and more to a striker who is not He just scores a lot and makes a lot of points as he revolutionized the way Sporting plays.

The Gyokeres phenomenon woke up the giants. In England, where the goalscorer played five seasons – at Brighton in the under-21s, under-23s and A team; at Swansea; at Coventry, where he stood out as the Championship’s top scorer and from where he left for Alvalade, last summer, in exchange for 20 million euros, becoming the most expensive signing in the history of the Leonine emblem -, but where they let the opportunity to take him to the Premier League in the summer, there is more and more talk about the Sporting forward sensation. Arsenal and Chelsea are identified as the main candidates to be able to move towards the player and more clubs have their eyes on him, although with fewer financial arguments to be able to sign him.

Now, as BOLA knows, there is a current within Paris Saint-Germain that looks at Gyokeres as a potential reinforcement. Another shark putting the Sporting player on the radar, another club that can really satisfy the Leonine administration’s intention of only letting him leave through a record sale, taking as a reference the 100 million euros in the termination clause agreed at the time of signing the contract. , the highest in the Leonine squad and which in Alvalade only had an equivalent in Bruno Fernandes – in January 2020 the midfielder left for Manchester United, for 55 million euros, at the time the most expensive sale for the green and whites, surpassed in the past summer for Manuel Ugarte, for 60 million euros, precisely for… PSG.

Relations between the two clubs are therefore good, which would always facilitate negotiations, but it is not worth it for any suitor to offer much less than 100 million euros: they will be denied.

Ready to take it, if it doesn’t revise its intention to move forward with a proposal above 50 million euros, is Milan, even with the Z factor as an ace up its sleeve – the Zlatan Ibrahimovic factor, as Gazzetta dello Sport called it. , which in last Saturday’s edition advanced with the Rossoneri’s intensifying interest in Gyokeres. The former Swedish glory, who had two spells with the Milan club, where he ended his career last season, is now a super consultant for the company that owns the northern Italian club and one of Sporting’s goalscoring idols. The former megastar could have a lot of influence on his compatriot when making a choice, as Milan’s competition will be big and powerful, especially from the Premier League.

Expensive that comes cheap…

Hired last summer for 20 million euros, the final value of Gyokeres’ acquisition could reach 24 million, through the achievement of objectives, one of which has already been achieved, 25 goals, which has already translated into an extra 1 million euros. . A purchase that could be considered expensive, if it weren’t for the forward’s performance, already cheap due to his sporting performance – in 39 games in which he has participated with the lion on his chest, he scored 36 goals and made 13 assists – and which could then yield a record financial income, which, combined with a fundamental qualification for the million-dollar Champions League, will allow us to face the summer transfer window with ease.

PSG then appears as the latest suitor for Viktor Gyokeres, a millionaire club from the French capital, owned by the Qatar Sports Investments group, and which will have no problem reaching the value that the Leonine administration considers fair for the transfer. As the season passes and with the Swedish international maintaining his performance at a very high level, in Alvalade it is believed that the summer could even mark the departure of Gyokeres and that is why they are already preparing this scenario with alternatives (see page 11). Just as they are ready for the departure of one or two central defenders: Gonçalo Inácio and/or Ousmane Dioumande

Plan to increase the clause

Viktor Gyokeres’ agents are preparing a trip to Portugal for April and at that time it will be natural to talk to Sporting administrators, a meeting that could be used for the Green and Whites to make a first approach to a plan that could take shape during the closed season, as a way of trying keep the Swedish goalscorer for another season: raising the termination clause – we are talking about values ​​in the order of 120 million euros – with a natural increase in salary, always a way to further entice the continuity of a player who in Portugal and in particular in Alvalade you truly feel like home.

The Sporting administration did not set Viktor Gyokeres’ termination clause at 100 million euros by chance. In other words, since the day he signed the striker from Coventry, for 20 million euros, he had the expectation that the goalscorer could become the club’s most expensive sale ever. A scenario that gains strength with each passing day and therefore naturally deserves measures to think of a way to seduce the player towards possible continuity. Qualification for the Champions League also serves this purpose, but the player’s suitors will also have this argument to play, as well as a big salary to offer…