The summer transfer window is heating up with one of the most prolific strikers in Europe, Viktor Gy\u00f6keres, now at the center of a tense standoff between his camp and Sporting CP. Despite earlier expectations of a smooth transfer, the situation has taken a dramatic twist with Sporting\u2019s president reportedly demanding a higher fee than previously agreed.<\/p>\n
Sources close to the matter, including renowned journalist Fabrizio Romano, reveal that a previous pact for Gy\u00f6keres\u2019 departure was set at around \u20ac65 million including add-ons. However, Sporting have now moved the goalposts following the departure of football director Hugo Viana. The Portuguese giants are holding out for a fee closer to Gy\u00f6keres\u2019 \u20ac100 million release clause\u2014though not necessarily the full amount\u2014causing major friction with the player\u2019s representatives.<\/p>\n
Gy\u00f6keres, who played a vital role in Sporting\u2019s recent domestic success, is said to be \u201cfurious\u201d with how the club has shifted its stance. His camp insists that the verbal agreement must be honored, especially after what they describe as two incredible years with the club, winning trophies and performing consistently at the highest level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sporting Club is not giving away Viktor Gy\u00f6keres as it is. The club has decided to increase his price tag despite he is having a release clause of \u20ac65 million. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":36717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[270,3918,1823,3796,249,4012,3941,3991,3945],"class_list":["post-15547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-arsenal","tag-english-premier-league","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-manchester-united","tag-release-clause","tag-sporting-club","tag-summer-transfer-window","tag-viktor-gyokeres"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}