Amid his fantastic form for Sporting CP, Gyokeres could soon be on the move again – and that would benefit the Sky Blues greatly
It has been nearly five months now since Coventry City cashed in on Viktor Gyokeres, and the Sky Blues will be missing him with every passing day.
After a half-season stint on loan at the CBS Arena, Coventry brought Gyokeres to the club on a permanent basis, with Mark Robins seeing the potential that the Swedish striker had to develop into something special.
A figure of just over £1 million was spent on Gyokeres, and he repaid City with 43 goals and 17 assists in 116 matches in all competitions between August 2021 and May 2023.
By the time the 2022-23 season ended and when Coventry had cruelly been defeated in the Championship play-off final, Gyokeres was thought of as one of the best strikers in the country – not just in the second tier of English football – and it was always likely that he was going to depart for a significant figure.
That ended up happening in early July as after lengthy negotiations, Portuguese giants Sporting CP won the battle for the 25-year-old’s services, with official documents in November revealing that an initial €20 million (£17.5 million) was paid for the forward, with an extra €4 million (£3.46 million) in potential add-ons.
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