Coventry City owner Doug King is "quite calm" over the potential loss of Viktor Gyokeres and revealed Sporting CP have been in touch about a deal for the forward.
The forward only has 12 months left on his current three-year City deal and has been linked with a move away from the Coventry Building Society Arena. The Sky Blues' failure to return to the Premier League now appears to have cost them.
Gyokeres joined the club from Brighton in January 2021, initially on loan, after spending the first half of the season on loan at Swansea. The Swedish international went on to score 21 times and claim 12 assists last season.
That impressive form has led to Gyokeres being linked with a host of clubs, including Everton. The ECHO understands that strengthening Sean Dyche’s attack is one of the club’s main priorities this summer.
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"The reality is that it's early in the window," King told BBC CWR. "There is quite a lot of interest in Viktor. He's clearly made his comments to the press, and we'll see how it unfolds."
He then added: "I'm feeling quite calm, and Viktor is still contracted to Coventry City."
The Coventry chief also revealed that Sporting CP have made an approach to his club about a deal for the forward. King’s admission comes just over a week after Gyokeres made it clear that he would like to leave this summer.
He said: "Sporting Lisbon have been all over the pages. They have been in touch with the club. But it isn't up to Viktor Gyokeres to tell the club he's going somewhere for 50p. That is not how it works and won't happen in this situation.
"When a player moves, they have to agree their terms with a different club, and the selling club have to agree a compensation package. If both of those don't work, then nothing will happen."
Asked if he was disappointed by the comments Gyokeres made, King replied: "To some degree. Obviously, he's been on social media and made his comments clear.
"He's had a great season and is now playing international football. We bought the player, he's had two good seasons with us, we're still in the championship, and, from my perspective, he's on another year.
"If Coventry City want to decide to have him on that other year as it's more important for us to try and get in the Premier League, then that is something that he has to get into his mind.
"Obviously, then he would become a free agent, and everybody would say that's a bit mad. But the reality is that isn't all one sided.
"We'll see how that plays out. I don't like these things being worked around into the press. It's not the style we should adopt, but this is football, I guess."
