Arsenal and Manchester United have been heavily linked with Viktor Gyokeres but the Sporting Lisbon star is now said to have ruled out a summer move to Old Trafford

Viktor Gyokeres has turned down a summer move to Manchester United with the Sporting CP star ready to join Arsenal. Ruben Amorim is eager to sign a centre forward this summer as part of his Old Trafford rebuild and wants a reunion with his former Sporting star in Manchester.

It was at that point that the entire saga took a turn. Sporting CP president Frederico Varandas accused Gyökeres’s agent of “blackmail” and rejected the existence of an agreement which would see the striker sold for well below his €100 million (£85.1 million, $115.4 million) release clause.