Arsenal 'close' to signing Viktor Gyökeres from Sporting
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Arsenal have reached a full agreement with Sporting CP to sign Viktor Gyokeres in a transfer valued at €63.5 million (£55m/$74m) upfront, with an additional €10m (£8.6m/$12m) in performance-based add-ons.
TBR Football revealed that Arsenal remain confident of striking a deal for Gyokeres, who is frustrated that his current club are dragging this on. Now, the 27-year-old has more reason to be annoyed. Sporting CP have been very tough negotiators in this Viktor Gyokeres to Arsenal transfer saga.
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Manchester United were offered a chance to hijack Arsenal's transfer move for Viktor Gyokeres for a second week in a row by Sporting CP, but the Swedish striker has made it clear that his preferred destination remains Arsenal.
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,