Arsenal seemed to have the signature of Viktor Gyokeres, whereby Sporting Lisbon asked to buy Almeria's Luis Suarez to replace the Swedish player.
Mikel Arteta's team had talks with Sporting Lisbon on the agreement to recruit Viktor Gyokeres, but the Portuguese champion was still not satisfied with additional payments. Arsenal gave a prepaid price of 63.5 million euros (54.9 million pounds), plus 10 million euros (8.6 million pounds) surcharges.
The problem between the two clubs is lying at 2.5 million euros additional payments, Arsenal is trying to complete the agreement with Sporting. The Gunners have received the good news when the Portugal Football champions have found the Swedish player, the striker Luis Suarez of Almeria.
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Almeria's Luis Suarez is in the sights of Sporting Lisbon. |
Suarez is Almeria's most prominent player in the Spanish 2nd Division in the last season, he scored 27 goals after 41 appearances, and Sporting wants this Colombian player to replace Gyokeres. Speaking to CNN Portugal, sports director of Almeria, Joao Goncalves, revealed that Sporting has not officially approached the 27 -year -old.
However, according to Abola, Sporting approached Suarez's representative. He has a contract to release a contract worth 40 million euros (34.6 million pounds) with the Spanish team. With Suarez also pursued by a few British and Italy teams, Almeria only accepted to let his star leave if any team agreed to spend money to release his contract.