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Link Between Stockholm Shooting and Gyökeres Transfer Remains Unresolved

An agent has denied reports that the Huddinge gunshots were linked to extortion attempts connected to the £64 million transfer.

Overview

  • Viktor Gyökeres completed his £64 million move from Sporting CP to Arsenal on July 26 after prolonged negotiations over add-on payments.
  • Two shots were fired at a semi-detached house in Huddinge, south of Stockholm, on Saturday night, but no one was injured.
  • Swedish police are investigating whether the incident was an extortion bid targeting relatives of a football agent over fees from Gyökeres’s transfer.
  • The agent involved has publicly rejected any football-related motive, telling Swedish media the shooting ‘has nothing to do with me or football’.
  • Authorities have not confirmed any link or announced arrests as the inquiry into the shooting continues.