It was at that point that the entire saga took a turn. Sporting CP president Frederico Varandas accused Gyökeres’s agent of “blackmail” and rejected the existence of an agreement which would see the striker sold for well below his €100 million (£85.1 million, $115.4 million) release clause.

Football transfer news expert Fabrizio Romano has dropped an important update on Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyokeres.

Sporting CP are prepared to honour their gentleman’s agreement made with Viktor Gyokeres, as per reports.In recent days, a lot of fuss has been made about Gyokeres’ price tag amid concrete