Arsenal are on the verge of abandoning their pursuit of Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyokeres, according to A Bola.Negotiations between the two clubs for the Sweden international have reached a

Sporting Lisbon have set a £69 million price for Arsenal target Victor Gyokeres to leave the club. The Portuguese side’s president Frederico Varandas comfirms that the Swede will face disciplinary action for failing to turn up to pre-season training.

Central to Gyökeres’s frustrations is a belief that he had an agreement with Sporting president Frederico Varandas to sell him for a certain fee, believed to be around €70 million (£60.4 million, $82 million). Varandas has publicly insisted Gyökeres will not be sold for such a price.