Pedro drops huge hint on Vik transfer

COVENTRY City’s long-awaited Viktor Gyokeres payout could be a step closer to landing in the club’s bank account after Sporting Lisbon team-mate, Pedro Goncalves, dropped a huge hint about the Swede’s future during their league title celebrations, with Arsenal hoping to complete a

£63 million deal for the striker.

The Portuguese giants clinched the Liga Betclic title on Saturday evening with a 2–0 win over Vitoria Guimaraes at the Jose Alvalade. Gyokeres and Goncalves were on the scoresheet for the hosts.

Heading into the match, they were level on 79 points with local rivals Benfica and needed them to drop points to take the crown. Bruno Lage’s side were held to a 1-1 draw by SC Braga, handing Sporting their second successive league title.

The victory secured Sporting’s third league title in five years, and speaking from the open-top bus, Goncalves addressed the fans and dropped a hint about Gyokeres’ future.

He said: “I just want to tell you something… They said we were never going to be champions without fans (during Covid ), they said we were never going to be two-time champions without [Ruben] Amorim.

“They say we won’t be threetime champions without Viktor [Gyokeres]. And now, what I want to say is that we’ll see.”

The Sky Blues are set to benefit from a 10 per cent sell-on clause and are set to gain financially from any profit on the initial fee they sold the 26-year-old for back in the summer of 2023 (around £20m including bonuses).

The player’s former club, Brighton, also stand to benefit from a sell-on fee, with City entitled to a slice of £43m (the difference between what they sold him for and what he goes for) assuming the above figures are correct.

Brighton would then get a cut, understood to be 15 per cent, of the payout that Coventry receive.

Reports claim that Arsenal are closing in on an agreement with the 26-year-old over personal terms. However, the striker remains tight-lipped about his future.