Viktor Gyökeres walks on water.
Announced with insistence on the departure of Sporting CP in recent months, Viktor Gyökeres confirms his enormous last season. Triple scorer against Manchester City (4-1), Tuesday in the Champions League, the Swedish striker walks on water and crushes everything in his path.
Do you necessarily need the stamp of the big club – from the first hat, we mean – to impress? Most of the time, yes. After a first season at Sporting CP with 43 goals and 13 assists in 49 matches, many observers and football fans were waiting for confirmation with tougher matches. Even if it will always take more to convince, we can already be sure of one thing: Viktor Gyökeres (26 years old) is not a flash in the pan.
27 goals this season
Third top scorer in Europe behind Kylian Mbappé and Harry Kane (44 goals) in 2023-2024, the Swedish striker has already taken a considerable lead over the competition for his second year with the Portuguese club. After only 17 games, the Scandinavian center forward has already scored more than half of his achievements from the last campaign with 23 units on the clock, not to mention his 4 assists. We will not talk here about his 4 goals and 3 offerings in 4 matches during the last two gatherings with his selection.
If he already has 16 goals in 10 league matches with a quadruple against Estrela Amadora (5-1), last Friday, Gÿokeres also has a record of 5 goals in 4 Champions League matches: one against Lille (2 -0), another against Sturm Graz (0-2) and… a hat-trick against Manchester City (4-1) on Tuesday. Badly got into his match with a big miss, he set the record straight by equalizing with a cool-headed shot before the break. He confirmed his good form with two penalties converted in the second half… while Erling Haaland failed in this exercise.
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Those who wanted confirmation were served: yes, Gyökeres is a great scorer. If Sporting CP occupies provisional 2nd place in the Champions League halfway through this first phase, it is largely thanks to its goleador who seems to swallow the pressure without flinching. A performance all the more remarkable given that rumors of his dissatisfaction following the imminent departure of Ruben Amorim to Manchester United have flourished in recent days. With these 7 goals in his last 2 matches, he showed his class and professionalism.
How far will it go in the coming months? It's difficult to know as he continues to perform astoundingly, regardless of the opponent. At this rate, he could well aim for the 50 goal mark if his body allows him. The thing that seems certain is that all the big clubs will not miss a beat of his future outings, especially since he would have an agreement with his managers to leave in the event of an offer of 70 million euros. . At this price, it's almost a gift even if the most skeptical will expect even more from it.
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