United and Arsenal have both held talks for the 27-year-old goal machine but a European giant has burst into the frame, as per a report

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.

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