Olaleye Idowu
Frederico Varandas, Sporting CP president, has expressed his displeasure after Viktor Gyokeres failed to turn up for the club’s pre-season amid the striker’s push to join Arsenal this summer.
Gyokeres is very desperate to join the Gunners, and as a result, he didn’t report to camp on Saturday evening for Sporting’s pre-season.
Arsenal supposedly offered a €65m bid plus €15m in performance-based add-ons, but Sporting wants a €70m bid plus a further €10m in bonuses for the Swedish player.
Speaking on the development, Varandas said (via Fabrizio Romano): “If they don’t want to pay Viktor’s fair market value, we are very comfortable with that for the next three years.
“This strategy is also making it more complicated for the player [Gyokeres] to leave.
“Nobody is above the interests of the club. Whoever they are”.
Varandas added that Sporting is calm as everything will be resolved before the summer transfer window will close.
He, however, suggested that the club will impose a huge fine on Gyokeres for not showing up for pre-season, and the player will be asked to offer an apology.
