Arsenal ’s efforts to finalise a deal for Viktor Gyokeres could be boosted as Sporting CP have been warned that they risk out on signing their first-choice replacement striker. Mikel Arteta’s side have held extensive negotiations with Sporting over a deal for Gyokeres but the Portuguese champions have been standing firm over the add-on payments.

Sporting are eyeing Almeria's Luis Suarez as their ideal replacement for Viktor Gyokeres amid ongoing transfer discussions with Arsenal and a £63.5million deal that has continued to drag

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, but 97 goals and two Lia Portugal titles later, the Swede’s intent for moving has hardly been a secret.