Viktor Gyokeres hasn’t even official left Sporting for Arsenal yet, but Jose Mourinho is already having his say.
That’s because his Fenerbahce side were surprisingly linked to the 54-goal Swede, with reports they were ready to pick up his salary on loan, like Galatasaray did with Victor Osimhen.
Finally responding to that story, Mourinho said: “Unfortunately, of the 3,400 lies that have been told about the transfer market, one of them is that he’s going to Fenerbahçe.
“Unfortunately… So many lies, so much interest, so many people working for agents, for clubs… It’s a war that’s not my own.”
Asked for his views on the player, Mourinho has some concern about his switch to the Premier League with Arsenal, not only because the competition will be tougher, but because the team won’t be based around him.
“He’s a great player. I have no doubt,” Mourinho said.
“But Sporting had a way of playing very much around him, very adapted. I don’t know what Hugo Viana and Ruben [Amorim] initially thought; he’s a player with great potential.
“But in England, he’ll play against stronger teams, better players.”
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