Viktor Gyokeres’ agent says ‘it will likely be tougher’ for the star ahead to stay at Sporting ought to Ruben Amorim depart the membership to take cost of Liverpool in the summertime.
Sporting head coach Amorim has emerged as Liverpool’s main goal to take over the reins from Jurgen Klopp on the finish of the 2023/24 season, after Xabi Alonso confirmed that he intends to remain put at Bayer Leverkusen.
Experiences emanating from Germany this week point out that Amorim has verbally agreed to handle Liverpool after holding constructive discussions over a proposed three-year deal on Merseyside.
Nevertheless, the Reds know they could must pay Amorim’s £12.8million launch clause to prise the supervisor away from Lisbon given the 39-year-old is tied right into a contract till 2026.
Gyokeres has been instrumental in Sporting’s success underneath Amorim this season, with the 25-year-old racking up 22 targets and ten assists to assist the inexperienced and whites open up a four-point lead on the high of the Primeira Liga with seven video games remaining of their marketing campaign.
The attacker’s extraordinary debut season has, although, caught the eye of a few of Europe’s elite golf equipment and Arsenal and Chelsea are each readying bids to check Sporting’s resolve for his or her prized possession.
Incessant hypothesis over Amorim’s future has solely forged additional doubt over Gyokeres’ state of affairs and it seems each participant and supervisor might be set for the exit door in the summertime.
‘It doesn’t shock me that Ruben is being linked to Liverpool, it’s regular, his work is of a excessive stage, it’s what the golf equipment are searching for,’ Gyokeres’ consultant Hasan Cetinkaya advised A Bola.
‘Sure, it will likely be tougher for Viktor to remain if Ruben Amorim leaves Sporting as a result of Viktor got here exactly due to Ruben.
‘The day we met, I mentioned to Ruben: “Right here’s my boy, he got here to Sporting due to you”.’
In accordance with Cetinkaya, eight groups battled it out for Gyokeres’ signature earlier than the Sweden worldwide determined to go away Coventry Metropolis to work underneath Amorim at Sporting final summer time.
‘There have been eight golf equipment very considering Viktor final summer time,’ he added.
‘All of them paid Coventry greater than Sporting, all of them paid Viktor extra, all of them paid the next fee to the agent.
‘And I introduced him to Sporting due to Ruben Amorim, as a result of I do know his work and his work with the gamers. I selected Ruben as a result of he’s a coach at one other stage.’
Amorim had remained tight-lipped over his future till earlier this week when, for the primary time, he refused to rule out the likelihood that he might be set to go away Sporting.
Requested the place he may affirm that he’ll nonetheless be Sporting’s supervisor subsequent season, the Portuguese advised reporters: ‘No, I can’t assure that.
‘Sporting are already coping with the longer term, I can’t determine.
‘I gave my phrase and I can’t return on it. If we don’t win titles, I’ll depart Sporting. It was clear from the beginning and it was the message I handed on to the gamers. Now we have to win titles.’
Amorim added: ‘First we are going to see if we will do it after which we’ll determine issues. It’s not a fear, the longer term has been deliberate for a very long time.
‘We’re outlining all of the conditions for subsequent season.
‘So I can’t assure that I’ll keep, now we have to win titles. And we’re heading in the right direction.’
Requested if he may depart ought to a membership set off his launch clause, Amorim replied: ‘I don’t wish to dwell on my future, the main focus is on this sport.
‘I’m not going to debate something with Sporting.
‘I owe Sporting rather a lot, I’m very comfortable right here. I’ll by no means put strain on myself to go away.’
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