Why Gyökeres should be considered Europe’s next elite-level striker

SUPER SWEDE: Viktor Gyokeres in action for Sweden during the Nations League match against Estonia last week. Picture: Michael Campanella/Getty Images

PERHAPS it is because he plays in one of Europe’s 'lesser' leagues, but Viktor Gyökeres does not receive the adulation he clearly deserves.

With strikers making moves across the continent over the summer, Dominic Solanke, Joshua Zirkzee, Ivan Toney and Julián Alvarez either remaining in, moving to, or departing England, the Swede continues to ply his trade at Sporting.