The Viktor Gyokeres transfer saga has taken another twist a day after Sporting president Frederico Varandas aimed fire at the striker's agent over reports about his valuation. Gyokeres, who is a target of Manchester United and Arsenal, has seemingly hit back at Varandas on social media, releasing an ominous statement.
On Wednesday, the Sporting chief poured cold water on reports claiming the club agreed to accept a fee as low as £57million for their star man this summer. He insisted that while the Portuguese champions won't demand Gyokeres' £85m release clause, they didn't settle on a future fee with representative Hasan Cetinkaya in a meeting last summer.
Varandas added that Gyokeres won't be allowed to leave for the touted price, nudging his suitors to go higher when the bidding begins.
His comments followed reports in Portugal stating that the 27-year-old had been left furious at Sporting's attempts to go against a gentleman's agreement over their asking price.
Gyokeres is said to have told Sporting that he won't play for the club again due to the disrespect, essentially going on strike to force a move.
And amid all the noise, the Swede has publicly come out and addressed the situation himself with a short statement on his Instagram story.
Gyokeres wrote: "There is a lot of talks at the moment, most of it is false. I will speak when the time is right."
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