The transfer saga involving Viktor Gyokeres has taken a new twist after an interested team decided to put eight players on sale in a bid to fund a big-money move. Gyokeres, 27, has been linked with some of Europe's biggest clubs, including the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Barcelona.

Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres finds himself the centre of the main summer transfer window saga as Manchester United push to strengthen their attack

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Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyokeres has been linked to Manchester United and Arsenal, but a new suitor in Juventus have reportedly emerged.

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.

Viktor Gyokeres’ future remains a point of contention for both Arsenal and Manchester United as the transfer window re-opens. Sporting CP are resigned to losing their free-scoring striker this summer after his 97 goals across 102 appearances in all competitions in the last two seasons, which have fired them to back-to-back titles.

Manchester United find themselves in a complicated race to sign Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres this summer