The name Viktor Gyokeres is constantly mentioned as one of MU's top goals. However, experts believe that this may be just a “wind blow” of Sporting Lisbon. Because, the three real goals that MU is targeting are Nicolas Jackson, Benjamin Sesko and Ollie Watkins.
Sporting “trap” communication?
According to a source from the Portuguese press, Man United surpassed Arsenal to reach an agreement with Viktor Gyokeres, who had just had a booming season with Sporting when scoring 43 goals in all competitions.
However, the striker's contract release price is £ 86 million. This is a number that is rated as unreasonable with the limited transfer budget of MU in the summer of 2025.
More importantly, the report indicates that there is no official contact from Old Trafford. Sources close to MU also denied having a specific negotiation with Gyokeres representatives.
This makes many people believe that Sporting is taking advantage of MU's reputation to put pressure on other teams who are trying to recruit Swedish strikers like Chelsea, Arsenal or Bayern Munich.
3 real goals of MU
The one that MU really took clearer steps was Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson. According to The Sun, the Old Trafford team had preliminary exchanges about the ability to recruit Senegal strikers, who were in erratic forms at Stamford Bridge last season but owned the physical foundation, speed and potential for extremely high development.
Jackson has a release of about 60 million pounds, significantly lower than Gyokeres. In the context that MU is giving priority to a high -level pressure center, supporting his teammates and familiar with the Premier League, Jackson is a player model in accordance with the construction orientation of coach Ruben Amorim.
Meanwhile, according to The 4th Official, Man United still maintains the long -term interest with Benjamin Sesko, the young striker Slovenia of RB Leipzig. After refusing to move to the Premier League in the summer of 2024 to continue developing in the Bundesliga, Sesko proved the potential with 21 goals last season and was in MU's serious chase plan for the 2025/26 season.
With a young age (22), modern play style and high -intensity competition experience in Germany, Sesko is considered as a long -term strategic solution, both capable of immediately playing and has the potential for future development.
Another option, although less prominent in the newspaper, is very suitable for expertise, Ollie Watkins. According to Stretty News, MU has put Aston Villa's striker on the transfer list, especially after he is still maintaining the impressive scoring performance in the past seasons.
Watkins not only has good goalscoring but also moves smart, hard to back and support the middle line, and especially have experience in the Premier League. In addition, the price of Watkins will not be too expensive when he is 29 years old and only 1 year in contract with Aston Villa.
In short, the relationship between MU and Viktor Gyokeres may be just a blind fire from the Sporting Lisbon, while the Red Devils' transfer department is really working with more practical and more suitable plans with the club's strategy.
Nicolas Jackson brings speed and breakthrough, Benjamin Sesko is the long -term future of the attack, while Ollie Watkins represents the stability and experience in the Premier League. MU striker problem certainly has no final solution, but Gyokeres is clearly not a priority answer.