Chelsea board face nightmare £65m transfer scenario with Viktor Gyokeres in line to end curse

All eyes will be on Chelsea in the summer transfer market as they bid to get back to challenging towards the top of the Premier League table. Despite Mauricio Pochettino guiding the Blues to the Carabao Cup final and potentially a place in the FA Cup final with a semi-final showdown against Man City on the agenda next weekend, it has been an extremely frustrating year for the west London club in the league.

As things stand, Chelsea are ninth in the Premier League table with eight games of the campaign still to go. Consistency has been a major issue for them, with last weekend's 2-2 draw away at bottom club Sheffield United very much proving that point.

It doesn't bear thinking about where the team would be in the standings if it wasn't for Cole Palmer's 25 goal contributions from his 27 league appearances. Nicolas Jackson was another summer incoming and he has chipped in with nine goals in the Premier League since his switch from Villarreal.

Chelsea do lack that free-scoring striker in the Premier League that they always used to have and all connected with the club will be hoping that a proven goalscorer is added to Pochettino's squad before the start of the 2024/25 season. One striker who has been linked with a transfer to Stamford Bridge recently is Sporting CP ace Viktor Gyokeres.

Joining the Lisbon-based club last summer after excelling in the Championship for Coventry City, the Swede has enjoyed a remarkable debut campaign in Portugal where the goals have continued to flow at an incredible rate. In terms of the league, the Stockholm-born forward has 22 goals and nine assists from his 26 games.

Add in the domestic cup competitions and the Europa League, Gyokeres has plundered an astonishing 36 goals and 15 assists in his