PSG: Luis Enrique failed Viktor Gyökeres

This is the sensation of European football this season. After a notable previous year, Viktor Gyökeres continues to crush every defense in Europe. Performing with Sporting since his signing from Coventry, the Swedish striker has shown that he is also formidable in the Champions League. Author of a resounding hat-trick against Manchester City this week, the 26-year-old striker is at the top of the ranking of the competition’s top scorers (tied with Raphinha, Lewandowski and Kane) and he has incredible statistics in all competitions.

Author of 23 goals in 17 matches this season, the Swedish international (10 goals in 22 caps) has scored 66 goals in 67 matches with the Portuguese club. Enough to necessarily be the number one offensive attraction for the next transfer windows. And his name is logically associated with the biggest European teams with Manchester United at the top of the list since the appointment of Ruben Amorim as coach. Last summer, his name was also mentioned by PSG who were looking for a new striker to replace Mbappé. This could have been useful for the Parisian team which has shown a glaring lack of realism since the start of the season.

Luis Enrique didn’t believe in Gyökeres

This Thursday, The Parisian thus reveals juicy information about Viktor Gyökeres and PSG. The scoring machine was well tracked by the Parisian management who were ready to take action to get him back from Sporting. But it was once again Luis Enrique who opposed his arrival. The Spanish technician did not wish to recruit him, believing that his team did not need him since it already had Gonçalo Ramos, Kolo Muani in its ranks and the possibility of moving Asensio and Kang-in Lee to this position. The French daily also explains that Luis Enrique was also skeptical about his success in Paris, telling his management that the weight of his transfer could have put too much pressure on him. As a reminder, it was estimated at 75 million this summer.

The former Spanish coach therefore thought that this transfer would not benefit his team. An astonishing position when we know that this Wednesday, after the defeat against Atlético, Luis Enrique responded dryly to a journalist pointing out his attack. “ You bring it to me if you have your attacker. How do you want me to find it? These are the statistics from the Champions League and I stand by my ideas. The day I completely fail in football, I will do it with my ideas, not those of a journalist, of another coach “, he explained. A decision also respected by PSG which decided to continue with its new policy of giving full powers to its coach. There is therefore no question of forcing his trainer’s hand and showing interference. From now on, the club even considers that this type of price is risky for all parties and no longer wants to spend too large sums in the transfer window. But this information still risks getting people talking at a time when Luis Enrique is under fire from critics…