Viktor Gyokeres and Man United manager Ruben Amorim (Photo by Michael Campanella, Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
Ruben Amorim, manager of Manchester United he is tipped to try and pursue the signing of his former Sporting Lisbon star player, Viktor Gyokeres.
Amorim recently left Sporting to take over as Man Utd manager, and will surely want to make changes to the struggling team he inherited from Erik ten Hag.
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The Red Devils are lacking in a number of areas, but attack will surely be a big concern as summer signing Joshua Zirkzee looks out of sorts, while the goals aren’t really coming from Marcus Rashford and Rasmus Hojlund. neither
Gyokeres makes sense as an obvious target given how well he performed under Amorim, and former Portugal international Daniel Carrico has spoken to ESPN say quite confidently that he believes the 39-year-old wants this signing.
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“Of course, Ruben wants him at Man United” Carrico told ESPN. “Ruben said in the next market (January) that he will not (target) Gyokeres, but we never know. Football is a box of surprises, and we’ll see in the coming months what happens.”
United fans will no doubt be hoping the club can continue to spend as there are plenty of issues with this squad, although the club also had a busy summer with new faces.
We have yet to see the best of newcomers like Zirkzee, Manuel Ugarte and Matthijs de Ligt, while Leny Yoro’s start to life at Old Trafford has been delayed by injury.
Gyokeres will surely be an attractive property after his excellent goalscoring form at Sporting, so it may not be easy for United to see off competition from other big names.
ESPN suggest that Arsenal and Chelsea could be two other names to consider in the race for the Sweden international.
