Liverpool 'send scouts to watch Arsenal-linked striker'
Sporting Lisbon's Viktor Gyokeres has taken the Portuguese top flight by storm since arriving from Coventry City last summer, sitting on a staggering 38 goals across all competitions.
Twenty-four of the Swede's strikes have come in 29 Primeira Liga matches, in addition to supplying 10 assists, as Ruben Amorim's side close in on the title.
From 45 matches across all competitions, Gyokeres has remarkably had a hand in 54 goals — 38 of his own and 16 assists — and he is currently on course to win the Primeira Liga Golden Boot.
The former Coventry man penned a long-running contract with Sporting until 2028 upon his arrival last summer, but he has inevitably been tipped to make a big-money move back to England.
Liverpool watch Gyokeres in top-flight victoryArsenal — who are known to be searching for a new marquee centre-forward — are believed to have identified Gyokeres as a possible acquisition, while Manchester United and Chelsea have thrown their hat into the ring too.
However, HITC claims that Liverpool are also interested in bringing the 25-year-old back to British shores, and the Reds had representatives in attendance to watch him against Vitoria de Guimaraes last weekend.
Gyokeres did his prospects of a Premier League switch no harm in that contest, notching two goals as Amorim's men strode to a 3-0 victory, although he was just one of three players the Reds were running the rule over.
Liverpool are expected to prioritise the signing of a new defender first and foremost, and the report adds that the scouts were also watching the in-demand Goncalo Inacio, also on Man United's radar.
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