Arsenal are still trying to get a blockbuster deal for Viktor Gyokeres over the line and remain locked in talks with Sporting Lisbon over a transfer fee for the striker

Gyokeres stirred controversy by skipping pre-season training with Sporting last week amidst ongoing transfer negotiations. Sporting's president Frederico Varandas has confirmed that the club intends to penalise the forward.

Viktor Gyokeres has made a new push towards his transfer to Arsenal by moving out of his home in Lisbon. Arsenal remain in negotiations with Sporting CP over a deal for the 27-year-old but the Portuguese club have been standing firm over the structure of the add-on payments.

Meanwhile the fact the Swedish star won't return to Portugal has been heavily reported on. Gyokeres has not reported for pre-season training whilst Arsenal hash out a transfer, leading Sporting's president, Frederico Varandas, to threaten disciplinary charges against his own player.

Though there reportedly remains a debate ongoing over the nature and structure of the bonuses included, Mikel Arteta was hoping to have Gyokeres signed in time for Saturday’s departure for their pre-season tour of Asia, along with Chelsea winger Noni Madueke and Valencia centre-back Cristhian Mosquera.

Sporting CP fans have made clear their thoughts on Viktor Gyökeres’s desire to leave the club, as an Arsenal transfer edges towards completion. Gyökeres had never played top flight football before arriving in Lisbon in 2023, but 97 goals and two Lia Portugal titles later, the Swede’s intent for moving has hardly been a secret.

Arsenal look set to solve their biggest squad deficiency as they are nearing a deal for striker Viktor Gyokeres of Sporting CP, with the 27-year-old close to arriving from the Portuguese club.

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Viktor Gyokeres has delivered another nod towards an Arsenal transfer being completed, with removal vans being sent to his home in Lisbon.

Gyökeres has made it abundantly clear that he has no desire to return to Sporting, having refused to report for pre-season, while Sporting president Frederico Varandas has insisted he is happy to fine Gyökeres and keep him at the club if Arsenal do not meet their demands.

Arsenal will relent to four simple bonus clauses in the Viktor Gyokeres transfer, while the player has admitted his aim to get prove a former club wrong.