Viktor Gyokeres is a leading contender to solve Manchester United’s striker crisis. Let’s take a look at his impressive record.
Manchester United have struggled to score goals over the past two seasons, despite the £64 million investment in Rasmus Hojlund in 2023.
It has left new head coach Ruben Amorim keen to address the situation in the transfer market, with eyes turning towards his former player Viktor Gyokeres.
United are in contact over a move for Gyokeres, Fabrizio Romano tells Give Me Sport, and the Sporting star has all the credentials. He has a phenomenal goalscoring record, which we are going to dig into.
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Viktor Gyokeres goal record
In the 2024/25 season alone, Viktor Gyokeres scored a truly staggering 54 goals in 52 matches for Sporting. These included:
39 goals in 33 league games
6 goals in 8 Champions League games
4 goals in 3 Allianz Cup games
5 goals in 8 Taca de Portugal and Supertaca games
Gyokeres also has a further 13 assists over the course of the season, which included 8 in the league.
This takes his goal contributions to 67 combined goals and assists in 54 matches. In league competition that’s 48 in 33 games. Is your head spinning yet?
During his time at Sporting, Gyokeres has scored 97 goals in 102 appearances for the club. These included 66 goals scored under current Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim.
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Gyokeres referred to the decision to sign for Amorim at Sporting as the best choice of his life.
He was previously playing for Coventry in the Championship, where he struck 21 goals in 46 games, plus 10 assists, during the 2022/23 season.
Gyokeres has scored 15 goals in 26 games for Sweden at international level, which include 10 goals in 11 UEFA Nations League games.
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Viktor Gyokeres numbers stand out
Further data provided via Sofascore highlight a few more impressive figures for Viktor Gyokeres, along with his average player rating of 7.84/10 for the season.
Gyokeres has scored six hat-tricks over the past season, and averages a goal every 79 minutes of action. There is a goal or assist every 63 minutes.
He is averaging a goal every 37 touches, while attempting an average of 3.9 shots per game.
That’s more than the average amount of touches Rasmus Hojlund managed inside the opposition box last season, 2.83 per game.
Ruben Amorim has always been keen on adding an experienced striker to his ranks, and at 27, Gyokeres is entering his peak years. He would be arriving at Manchester United at the perfect time.
Along with moves for Matheus Cunha (confirmed) and Bryan Mbeumo (ongoing), Manchester United signing Viktor Gyokeres would completely transform the club’s attacking options.
With a full understanding that Gyokeres will find it tougher in the Premier League than Portugal, if he can do half of what he has done at Sporting, for United, then he will be a tremendous upgrade.