Viktor Gyokeres has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester United this summer, but the Sweden international looks set to join Premier League rivals Arsenal instead
Manchester United have restocked their attack to the tune of £133.5million with confirmation of Bryan Mbeumo's £71m arrival from Brentford on Monday night. He joins Matheus Cunha, the £62.5m signing from Wolves and the club's new No.10.
Next on United's list is a new No.9. Neither Rasmus Hojlund nor Joshua Zirkzee have proven effective enough and last season, United's attack sorely lacked inspiration in the Premier League.
One player regularly linked has been Viktor Gyokeres. The Sporting Lisbon striker enjoyed a fruitful relationship with Ruben Amorim in Portugal, scoring 66 times in 68 appearances under the now-United boss.
But Gyokeres won't be United's new centre-forward. Despite plenty of speculation in recent months, the Swede will not be heading to Old Trafford. Instead, he's increasingly set for Arsenal.
Now, according to Portuguese publication Record, the striker's agent Hasan Cetinkaya has been left "hurt" by the current situation with regards United, Amorim and his client.
The Turkish businessman's name may be familiar as he is also the representative of another Sweden international, Victor Lindelof. The 31 year-old was not offered a new United contract this summer after eight years of service, and has therefore left as a free agent.
Lindelof made 18 appearances for Amorim after his arrival last November and it had been claimed that he wished to stay in Manchester this summer. Instead, the Portuguese head coach decided it was time to part ways.
According to reports in Portugal, Amorim's decision has left Cetinkaya upset and therefore 'the door has been closed' from Gyokeres' representatives to joining United.
Which shouldn't really be an issue given United aren't intent on fighting Arsenal for his signature and Gyokeres is heading into a title fight and the Champions League with the Gunners, if they can finally get his Sporting deal over the line.
hiekoprsz
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Rio Ferdinand stated that Gyokeres is not worth playing on Man U. Portugal soccer is not the same as EPL. Gyokeres can perform well outside EPL but can be weak within EPL.
rinciruz
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 because of lindelof, is the reason why cetinkaya didn't want Gyokeres to join Manchester United despite beating arsenal in bidding, anyway let's see if he himself with bring those accolades to emirates 👀👀👀👀👀
wendekorsz
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It's the right time to part ways for your client. All respect for the professional service your client rendered for the badges, but every long journey must come to an end.
liheiknstu
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now the agent fight Amorim together with his client for onother player to stay in the team even if he is not performing well. This is really crazy.
Charliequin99
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Gyokores never wanted Utd. Amorim's ideology of a kind of team he wants at Utd is a team of players who really want to play for the club, players who are hungry and have something to prove to the world. As much as I don't like Jackson as a person let alone as a player, I won't be surprised if he signs for Utd, and it's a gamble he might flop as he is already known for that, or excel to prove Chelsea wrong. So, Gyokores was never an option for us, even Amorim knew that, he is a coach who creates goal machines, let him cook.
SMHellas
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Oh please! Lindelof was not part of the future, he's been a decent servant to the club but it was time for him to move on
Alpasino72
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lol 😂😂😂 Just imagine the audacity from this stupid agent. dude ff. who cares about ur opinion? I only blame UTD who kept Lindelof that long.
Aswear bro😂... That guy should been gone yrs ago
luhemopsty
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lol 😂😂😂 Just imagine the audacity from this stupid agent. dude ff. who cares about ur opinion? I only blame UTD who kept Lindelof that long.