Viktor Gyökeres should be considered Europe’s next elite-level striker

Swedish striker’s versatility at Sporting may lead to his £85m release clause soon looking like a relative bargain

By Ben McAleer for WhoScored

Perhaps it is because he plays in one of Europe’s “lesser” leagues, but Viktor Gyökeres does not receive the adulation he so richly deserves. With strikers making moves across the continent over the summer, Dominic Solanke, Joshua Zirkzee, Ivan Toney and Julián Alvarez either remaining in, moving to, or departing England, the Swede continues to ply his trade at Sporting.

Gyökeres was pivotal in Sporting’s title triumph, and the Portuguese powerhouse have proved steadfast in their desire to retain the 26-year-old’s services. “Any player only leaves through the clause,” the Sporting boss Rúben Amorim said late last year as rumours of a potential move to England began to gather momentum. That release clause is set at a cool £85m. Interested parties will certainly think twice before paying that sum.

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