With 63 goals in 66 games for Sporting Lisbon, former Coventry striker Viktor Gyokeres is a major threat to Manchester City in the Champions League.
Viktor Gyokeres has been directly involved in 10 goals in 12 games for Sporting in European competition When the Sweden striker leads the line for Sporting against Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday, he will be the danger man. After all, since moving to Lisbon in 2023 he has scored 63 goals in 66 matches, and 20 in only 16 this season.
“When I took him to Bromma, he was 14 and the head of the academy said he wasn’t good enough,” David Eklund, academy scout at Brommapojkarna, tells BBC Sport. “He had a strong mentality but he’s a really nice guy. He always worked hard and had the idea of being a top player, training every day. He wanted to prove people wrong.
“He said, ‘David, do you have any players who can play at that level now?’ I said, ‘I have Viktor. He is a good player; he’s strong enough to play with older players and he’s working hard.’ “He first joined on loan for half a season and did OK, but not all fans were keen on his returning the following season,” BBC CWR’s Clive Eakin says. “But Mark Robins clearly saw something in his and bought him permanently.
Eklund and Brommapojkarna have a track record of producing academy talent, with Kulusevski, John Guidetti and Albin Ekdal among other internationals to have emerged. He says that track record makes it easier to recruit the next generation.
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