“Ridiculous money” – Coventry City fan pundit issues Viktor Gyokeres transfer claim amid interest

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘Terrace Talk‘ series, which provides personal opinions from our FLW Fan Pundits regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

Coventry City enjoyed a relatively successful campaign in 2021/22.

Having spent very little, Mark Robins guided the Sky Blues to a 12th-placed Championship finish, but the club were well in with a play-off chance until the final few weeks of the campaign.

A number of player starred – one of which was Swedish striker Viktor Gyokeres.

17 goals and five assists in 45 Championship appearances has attracted the attention of some other clubs, though, with the 24-year-old linked with a move away from the club this summer.

Considering the above, we asked FLW’s Sky Blues fan pundit Neil Littlewood whether or not he thought the club can keep hold of Gyokeres this summer.

“Hopefully not and I think that I speak for every Coventry fan when I say that.” Neil told FLW.

“The noise that’s coming from the club and what you’re hearing Mark Robins say is that  if he goes, it’s for silly money.

“I wouldn’t stand in Viktor’s way if it was a career progression move. If a club in the Premier League came in and he was going to play for them week in, week out, great.

“I don’t think he should go to Fulham and sit on the bench. I think that’s a backwards move. There was talk about a move to Besiktas in Turkey. Brilliant. I think that’s a great move for him. We get some good money out of it – everyone wins.

“I think what a lot of people have got to understand with it is we signed him for just over a million last summer and we’re talking numbers of 15 to 25 million I’ve seen banded around on social media.

“Middlesbrough have said