Coventry City Mark Robins has insisted this week that striker Viktor Gyokeres will be a Sky Blues player beyond January 31, amid apparent growing Premier League interest, and Nigel Pearson has adopted a similar attitude in emphasising the threat his Bristol City team will face on Sunday.
According to reports in Sweden and in this country, Everton, Fulham, Wolves and Brentford are the top-flight teams keen on signing the powerful forward in this transfer window with Gyokeres having netted 12 goals, including seven in his last eight games.
“He’s not going anywhere. No chance” was the crux of the message from Robins in the wake of this week’s stalemate with Cardiff City, but each game - as is the case for Alex Scott, Antoine Semenyo or any other saleable asset at a Championship club - does resemble something of an audition.
