ARSENAL have put their pursuit of Viktor Gyokeres on hold and reignited their interest in Ollie Watkins, it’s been claimed. The Gunners held talks with Sporting Lisbon hitman Gyokeres’

It was at that point that the entire saga took a turn. Sporting CP president Frederico Varandas accused Gyökeres’s agent of “blackmail” and rejected the existence of an agreement which would see the striker sold for well below his €100 million (£85.1 million, $115.4 million) release clause.

That, however, has now been publicly disregarded by Sporting chief Varandas, which has reportedly left Gyokeres feeling ‘furious’ that a promise to him made at the beginning of the season has been broken.