Viktor Gyokeres moving to
Arsenal
or
Chelsea
next year will benefit
Brighton and Hove Albion
financially, if not necessarily on the pitch.
Both are among the
Premier League
clubs reportedly interested in the Swedish international, with
Liverpool
,
Manchester City
,
Manchester United
and
Tottenham Hotspur
linked over recent months.
Crystal Palace
and
West Ham United
were also said to be admirers of the then Coventry City player last year before
Gyokeres
signed for Sporting.
The
Championship
club have received around £20million over the past 18 months, including the initial fee paid by the current Portuguese champions and the add-ons the centre-forward has already triggered. That could rise even further because of a sell-on clause the Sky Blues negotiated last summer.
Coventry Live
has previously reported that it will earn the Sky Blues ten percent of the difference between the £20million they sold Gyokeres for and any fee Sporting receives. However, the Coventry owner, Doug King, has told
talkSPORT
that they will have to pay a significant amount of what the clause entitles them to Brighton, who the Sky Blues paid around £1million to sign Gyokeres approaching four years ago.
“That was a tough negotiation with Sporting Lisbon,” King recalled. “If he does get moved on to another chapter in his career, then we’ll benefit, but I’m not holding my breath; we’re not running the club on that basis [but] we’ll take it when and if it comes.
