Sporting CP reportedly fielded interest from other clubs in Viktor Gyokeres despite Arsenal talks and priority as football.london explains the processes behind the negotiation tactic

Now at the helm of Fenerbahce, Mourinho has just signed Jhon Duran, who many view as one of the best strikers of his age in Europe right now. If anyone’s opinion on strikers matters, it’s Mourinho’s, and his assessment of Viktor Gyokeres should really excite Arsenal fans.

Arsenal are yet to finalise a deal for Viktor Gyokeres despite agreeing a fixed £55m fee for the Sporting CP striker over a week ago; Mikel Arteta has since taken his team out to Singapore and Hong Kong for a pre-season tour;

Sporting CP fans have made clear their thoughts on Viktor Gyökeres’s desire to leave the club, as an Arsenal transfer edges towards completion. Gyökeres had never played top flight football before arriving in Lisbon in 2023,

Mikel Arteta believes Gyokeres is the ideal candidate to solve Arsenal's striker issue, with the former Coventry City forward racking up an incredible tally of 97 goals in 102 matches in two seasons in Portugal, firing Sporting CP to two league titles in the process.

Arsenal's reported move for Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyokeres could collapse as the two clubs are yet to agree terms for add-on clauses.

Central to Gyökeres’s frustrations is a belief that he had an agreement with Sporting president Frederico Varandas to sell him for a certain fee, believed to be around €70 million (£60.4 million, $82 million). Varandas has publicly insisted Gyökeres will not be sold for such a price.

The subject of Gyokeres' legal letter is to blame Sporting president Federico Varandas for his absence from preseason training with the club taking disciplinary action against him. Record says Gyokeres insists Varandas has gone back on a promise regarding the price he could leave Sporting this summer,