Overview
- Sporting Lisbon’s revised asking price of around £67 million has prompted Viktor Gyökeres to warn he will refuse to play until a deal is agreed.
- Manchester United and Arsenal are locked in a competition for Gyökeres, with United viewed as favourites under a previously understood €60 million-plus-add-ons framework and Arsenal holding fresh talks with his agent.
- United have also pursued Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo, lodging an initial £45 million-plus-add-ons bid for the forward after securing Matheus Cunha for £62.5 million.
- Liverpool have already signed Jeremie Frimpong and Giorgi Mamardashvili and are closing in on Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz and Bournemouth’s Milos Kerkez.
- Manchester City have invested over £110 million on Rayan Cherki, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Tijjani Reijnders and Marcus Bettinelli and now lead the race for teenage midfielder Sverre Nypan.