He was born the same year as Kylian Mbappé, in 1998, but will not immediately become his successor in the PSG attack. According to our information, and to date, PSG does not plan to rush into the recruitment of Viktor Gyökeres, in the short term, this winter. The 26-year-old center forward has just made an impression by scoring a hat-trick in the Champions League on Tuesday evening with Sporting Portugal against Manchester City (4-1).
The Swede, author of 66 goals in 66 matches since his arrival in Lisbon from Coventry – an incredible total – has been panicking football Europe for a year. PSG, through Luis Campos, made inquiries this summer from the club and the entourage of the slender 1.87 m attacker. He was the offensive priority, far ahead of Victor Osimhen, the Nigerian from Naples finally loaned to Galatasaray. Paris did not go further because Luis Enrique did not want it. The Parisian coach estimated at the time that with Gonçalo Ramos and Randal Kolo Muani, plus the possibility of using Marco Asensio, Kang-In Lee or even Ousmane Dembélé as a false number 9, he had enough solutions to carry out his ideas.
Can the defeat on Wednesday evening at the Parc des Princes against Atlético de Madrid (1-2), with once again a glaring lack of realism in front of goal, change the plans of the Asturian technician? Not sure. He said after the meeting, responding to a question about his obstinacy in evolving without a professional edge: “Bring me the attacker if you have him! Where do I get this attacker from? I stay true to my ideas. The day I fail in football, it will be with my ideas, not with those of journalists or another coach. »
Luis Enrique wary of Gyökeres transfer price
Can the shareholder, Qatar, force the hand of its coach and buy Viktor Gyökeres “behind his back”? If this policy existed, it is no longer in force and its return would go against the new logic which consists of letting the sports sector work in peace, without interference.
Luis Enrique remains on his course and is delighted to have Gonçalo Ramos back after the international break. The idea is to relaunch the Portuguese against Toulouse on November 22 at the Parc des Princes, to wait for his feelings the next day and to decide with a view to the trip to Munich on November 26 in the Champions League.
With Gyökeres, the Asturian is also wary of the weight of the transfer price, an argument he put forward during his first press conferences in August when pointing out that an astronomical sum could crush a player under pressure, no doubt thinking to the performance of Randal Kolo Muani for a year. The Swede could leave for a transfer valued between 75 and 100 million euros. Internally, we now consider that this type of price involves an element of risk and danger for all parties.
