Manchester United’s hopes of signing Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyokeres are hanging on by a thread following the latest update on his transfer situation.Gyokeres on United’s radarUnited’s

Record says the Gunners have agreed to meet Sporting 's initial demands over an up front fee, but the two clubs are at odds over the Lisbon club's push for bonus paymets. Arsenal are willing to pay €70m as an outright fee, but are balking at Sporting's insistence on a further €10m in variables.

Arsenal are reportedly closing in on a deal to sign Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting CP. The news comes just days after the Swede refused to report for pre-season with the Portuguese side. Mikel Arteta has prioritised the 27-year-old as his new No.

Mikel Arteta believes Gyokeres is the ideal candidate to solve Arsenal's striker issue, with the former Coventry City forward racking up an incredible tally of 97 goals in 102 matches in two seasons in Portugal, firing Sporting CP to two league titles in the process.

Arsenal are working to land Gyokeres and have a five-year deal prepared, subject to the clubs reaching an agreement over a fee.

Sporting CP have reached an agreement with Arsenal over the sale of Viktor Gyokeres in a record-breaking deal for the Portuguese club. Arsenal are closing in on Gyokeres with the two clubs having agreed on a deal worth £55m plus an additional £9m in add-ons.

Central to Gyökeres’s frustrations is a belief that he had an agreement with Sporting president Frederico Varandas to sell him for a certain fee, believed to be around €70 million (£60.4 million, $82 million). Varandas has publicly insisted Gyökeres will not be sold for such a price.

When asked whether he was on the same level as Harry Kane and Manchester City's Erling Haaland, Viktor Gyokeres said he was "definitely one of them", that is, among the best strikers in the world