Viktor Gyokeres future linked to Liverpool-bound Ruben Amorim's

The agent of striker Viktor Gyokeres has admitted that his client's future at Sporting Lisbon will depend on whether Liverpool-linked head coach Ruben Amorim stays at the club.

Amorim has been heavily linked with a summer switch to Anfield to succeed Jurgen Klopp, who will be stepping down from his post at the Merseyside club at the end of the season.

Recent reports have suggested that Amorim has verbally agreed a three-year contract to join Liverpool, but it is now understood that both parties are yet to strike a deal.

The 39-year-old has spent the last three-and-a-half years as Sporting boss and is currently focused on steering the club to Primeira Liga glory, with his side currently sitting four points clear at the top of the table.

Amorim strengthened his squad with the addition of Sweden international Gyokeres from Coventry City last summer, and he has since established himself as one of Europe's most prolific strikers having recorded 36 goals and 15 assists in 42 games during his debut campaign at Sporting.

Gyokeres's exceptional form has unsurprisingly caught the eye of a number of top European clubs, with both Arsenal and Chelsea believed to be at the front of the queue for his signature.

Sporting are under no immediate pressure to cash in on Gyokeres, who is believed to be valued between £68.5m and £85.8m, and still has over four years remaining on his contract with the Portuguese giants.

However, the 25-year-old's agent Hasan Cetinkaya has admitted that it will be 'difficult' for his client to stay at Sporting if Amorim were to seek pastures new this summer.

Cetinkaya has revealed that he recently arrived in Portugal to hold talks with Gyokeres about his future, telling