And according to Gyokeres’ agent, Sporting and Man Utd actually sealed a club-to-club agreement.
That claim has now been verified by transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano, who revealed all on his YouTube channel.
“The agent of Viktor Gyokeres, Hasan Cetinkaya, in an interview in the last 48 hours explained about the crazy story around Gyokeres,” began Romano.
“One of the sentences is important to bring you behind the scenes of the market. He said ‘behind our back, Sporting concluded a deal with Manchester United for Viktor Gyokeres while we had an agreement with Arsenal.’
“That’s the reality. At some point Sporting were insisting and pushing to offer Gyokeres to Man Utd and to get the deal done for less money from Man Utd than Arsenal in terms of fixed fee, but with better bonuses.
“United were ready to make the deal. For United it was okay, but the problem was always the player. Gyokeres, with all respect for Man Utd, wanted to go to Arsenal and made this desire very clear.
“So Gyokeres didn’t want to move to Man Utd and Gyokeres’ dream was Arsenal. But Sporting were pushing like crazy. There were three or four days where Sporting tried in every way to close the deal for Gyokeres to Man Utd, almost forcing the opportunity.
“But Gyokeres decided to wait, to resist, to be patient and then to join Arsenal as he wanted to do.”
https://www.teamtalk.com/news/fabrizio-romano-confirms-man-utd-had-agreement-sign-arsenal-ace
Sporting was pushing Gyokeres to sign for Man Utd because Sporting liked to do business with Man Utd. It is good Man Utd didn't sign Gyokeres because if he is not interested to join Man Utd he will most likely not be successful at Man Utd. It is better to sign Sesko because he wanted to join Man Utd.
That claim has now been verified by transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano, who revealed all on his YouTube channel.
“The agent of Viktor Gyokeres, Hasan Cetinkaya, in an interview in the last 48 hours explained about the crazy story around Gyokeres,” began Romano.
“One of the sentences is important to bring you behind the scenes of the market. He said ‘behind our back, Sporting concluded a deal with Manchester United for Viktor Gyokeres while we had an agreement with Arsenal.’
“That’s the reality. At some point Sporting were insisting and pushing to offer Gyokeres to Man Utd and to get the deal done for less money from Man Utd than Arsenal in terms of fixed fee, but with better bonuses.
“United were ready to make the deal. For United it was okay, but the problem was always the player. Gyokeres, with all respect for Man Utd, wanted to go to Arsenal and made this desire very clear.
“So Gyokeres didn’t want to move to Man Utd and Gyokeres’ dream was Arsenal. But Sporting were pushing like crazy. There were three or four days where Sporting tried in every way to close the deal for Gyokeres to Man Utd, almost forcing the opportunity.
“But Gyokeres decided to wait, to resist, to be patient and then to join Arsenal as he wanted to do.”
https://www.teamtalk.com/news/fabrizio-romano-confirms-man-utd-had-agreement-sign-arsenal-ace
Sporting was pushing Gyokeres to sign for Man Utd because Sporting liked to do business with Man Utd. It is good Man Utd didn't sign Gyokeres because if he is not interested to join Man Utd he will most likely not be successful at Man Utd. It is better to sign Sesko because he wanted to join Man Utd.