EUROPEAN giants Sporting Lisbon have entered the race for Coventry’s £25million-rated striker Viktor Gyokeres.
Gyokeres, 25, enjoyed a stellar Championship season, where he scored 21 goals and bagged 12 assists as Coventry made their way to the play-off final.
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Coventry would have been hoping to hold onto Gyokeres if they gained promotion but lost the final on penalties.
And according to the Daily Mail, they will struggle to hold onto the Swedish striker amid interest from four Premier League clubs.
West Ham, Fulham, Wolves and Brentford are all pushing to land the forward this summer.
Despite the forward only having 12 months remaining on his deal, Coventry are determined to get £25m for his signature.
If he were to transfer it would not be his first time at a Premier League club.
Gyokeres joined Brighton from Swedish side Brommapojkarna in 2018 but found game time limited.
He experienced underwhelming loans at St Pauli and Swansea before joining Coventry permanently after an initial loan spell in 2021.
Gyokeres has come into his own since making the transfer permanent and now looks set to make the step up back to the Premier League.
Speaking to BBC CWR, Coventry owner Doug King said: “The reality is that it’s early in the window.
“There is quite a lot of interest in Viktor.
“He’s clearly made his comments to the press and we’ll see how it unfolds.
“Sporting Lisbon have been all over the pages, they have been in touch with the club.
“It isn’t up to Viktor Gyokeres to tell the club he’s going somewhere for 50p. That is not how it works and won’t happen in this situation.
“When a player moves, they have to agree their terms with a different club and the selling club have to agree a compensation package. If both of those don’t work, then nothing will happen.
Coventry are not willing to sell Gyokeres below what they perceive to be his value and King said: “I’m feeling quite calm – and Viktor is still contracted to Coventry City.”