as a coventry fan I'm glad I got to watch him live for a couple of years. He literally won games on his own for us and I've never seen championship defenders look so frightening when a player is running at them.

Not even a Coventry fan but literally watched almost all of their games last season just because of this guy,really wanted Coventry to go up just to see him play in the prem and get recognition but I’m happy Luton went up and he moved to sporting

Gonna be huge for Coventry with the sell-on clause if he’s sold for a big fee. That’s your ripple effect right there

36 goals 14 assists

Love this guy. If we didnt have him we wouldnt be in 1st place. Absolute tank and has carried us. He’s good at pretty much everything

I think its a demonstration of how important the right move is at the right time. Personally and I think a few other Coventry fans might agree on this I actually think Gus Hamer was our best/most important player that season but look at the career trajectories

As a brighton fan I knew he was the next big thing, he was tall, strong, quick . But we never gave him a chance, I'm glad he proved the club wrong

Gyökeres reminds me of master chief from halo,, he’s not the outright best in any single category, but he is the most tenacious, as well as the most well rounded, being 2nd or 3rd best in every single category. its amazing to watch, really incredible how many different ways he can make a goal be scored. and i think what makes me like him even more and what makes him so difficult to defend and makes him so good, is that he is able to fluidly mix each category and different style of play together. if he’s using his strength he doesn’t resort to only doing that for that play. he can use speed, strength, finesse dribbling, direct dribbling, passing, and a long, short, quick fire, finesse, or power finish all in the same play,, and strings them together seamlessly. which is incredibly difficult and is both a testament to his physicality and technique, as well as his brain. its amazing to watch really. he can score in every way possible, and get an opportunity to score in every way. i don’t see a weakness in his game

I want him at Arsenal so bad. He's like a fusion of Jesus and Havertz but with added finishing.

Quality video James. As a Swede I am pleased to see we have some more real talents in the national team again, a shame that we probably won't be the team that utilises the likes of Gyökeres, Isak, Kulusevski etc for a while until we as a whole are better. But good for Viktor to be able to show everyone that he's actually a very good player finally.

His link up play with Havertz would be ridiculous. His awareness of movement and Havertz intelligence off the ball could be devastating

this has to be a record for consecutive years where a striker from a league has been sold for £50m+ i can’t name that many but felix, nunez, ramos then this guy this summer probably like it’s crazy how consistent the league is at developing top strikers

Weird one as a Brighton fan. Obviously we only really saw him in cup games and short stints off the bench but I can't really say he looked like anything special. Was one where you hoped he'd go out on loan and come back as a star. I think maybe if he was still here and was playing under De Zerbi it would be a different story but all of our striker struggled under Potter. Glad he's doing so well though.

Reminds me of Ivan Toney's trajectory. He joined Newcastle as an unheralded prospect, went out on loan for 3 seasons to a few league 1 / league 2 clubs but didn't really excel. Nobody was really that bothered when he got sold to Peterborough for a small fee. Then he goes to Brentford (in the Championship) gets promoted and continues to impress and the "big clubs" are sniffing.

Easy now, no swede is calling Gyökeres the new Ibrahimovic. The king is forever in a league of his own.

One thing thats not discuss as part of these gyokeres back story videos is just how good a job Robins and the coaching set up is with developing strikers, its happening again Ellis Simms and Haji Wright (at the time of writing two of the most infofm strikers in world football in 2024), was rhe case with Gyokeres and before him, Mcnulty. All had average records prior to joining but all kicked on a level at Coventry

Watched him live and my god did he play well. They won 8-0

I'm a Boro fan. We apparently had the chance to sign him but wouldn't pay the price. Maybe he wouldn't have made the same progress but when you pair him with our current play style and lack of goals, you have to think we'd be somewhere near the top with him. What a player

Jimbo - at 0:18 was literally just thinking how good that XO kit was. The telepathy is unreal

Never heard of him before but I’m intrigued now

Trossard - Clutch Best player - Captain. Signing - Rice

As a Coventry fan I feel sick…and proud. Amazing player.

His finishing style is similar to Batistuta, pure power and brute force. If he ends up being half as clinical as Batigol then he will be a top top striker.

Top video Jim

I've never seen a single player single handedly win games for us at Coventry, probably ever... and he did just that on multiple occasions last season. At times, he just simply bullied a whole back 4/5 on his own. I was really sad when he left, but it was inevitable and I keep an eye on every Sporting game now because of him. I've watched a few of their games this season because of him. With that being said, it blows my mind that PL teams didn't take a chance on him last summer, ultimately he probably wanted a move to Portugal, but the fact no other teams apart from Everton and Brentford were remotely interested baffles me, when he would have only cost 20 million or so. Now he is easily a 100 million pound striker and teams will have to pay that. He is unbelievable, and his goalscoring record this season shows it. I hope wherever he ends up next, he does well at.

He reminds me of a right footed young Van Persie.

Amazing Striker .. Scandinavia is producing some strikers these days.. Hojlund and Haaland..

Its quite amazing how he managed to turn it around, he was pretty abysmal at Swansea and it looked like he was going to keep dropping down to find his level. I have to admit that despite his current form and time at Coventry I'm not sure he is at the level of a top 6 side just yet.

I can’t get Charlie Austin out my head when I see him play

The Alcott Sound Effect Special

Can you do England's best Euro squad based on stats please.

he's a nice player but that outside the boot pass can be made with a left foot as well and could end up being perfect. the reason he did that is because the ball was more to his right side, which made it more convenient to use his right foot rather than his left foot, imo

he's just haaland with 'SKILLS'

Haaland, hojlund, gyokores...big fast Scandinavian strikers seem to be all the rage at the moment

We missed out on him massively imagine him in the prem next year bagging like 15 20 goals a season

He suddenly became so good. I think he will go to a Big 6 epl club next season for 100m

James. I wasnt even watching this video when i decide to come to your channel to make this comment I was 3 seconds in to an espn video on england. As soon as the video started i was gutted you werent on there and its just lead me to think i need to show some gratitude. I want to thank you for the work you put in to not only your videos but also the hard work it must have taken to be as informed as you are and the discipline it has taken for you to be so balanced. You have actually taught me a lot with regards to being confident in your opinions while remaining level headed. Its something i didnt always understand how to do in terms of knowing the formula but i also knew it was how i wanted to be In a perfect world you and hughwizzy would be knighted for your contributions to this country. Level headed guys who have strong opinions without too much hubris (or at least when its there you call yourself out) When Bill shankly said football isnt life and death its much much more important than that ; you guys are part of what he meant. Its about principles and community which will out last us all. Football teaches loyalty, it teaches pride, it teaches love for those who are not like you. It teaches patience, support and how to deal with intense despair or joy. You are one of the only creators, along with flav who i once met at fleet services randomly but anyway, who talks about football without ever removing these principles. Please keep doing what your doing because theres no one quite like you but there will 100% be a few that follow in your footsteps. And please do something with hughwizzy if possible because you 2 were made to work together

i love gyokeres man

I hope that he moves to a mid table Premier League team, does well for a couple of seasons & then make the move into a top four team. That tradgetory would be best for his development, so Brighton, Newcastle, Tottenham, Villa, Man U. If he signs for a top four club, I don't see him getting the minutes, unless its for Liverpool under their new 2024-25 coaching staff. Arsenal could ease him into the setup, although shifting Jesus, Trossard or Havertz from the central role would be very disruptive, for the overall contentment of the personalities next season. Sign & loan would be the best solution for Viktor & Arteta, to develop a positive working relationship.

I was very surprised he didn’t go straight to United last season, would have been perfect for them. He’s utterly incredible. Can score goals out of nowhere and is absolutely elite at hunting out chances

It´s so funny to see Gyokeres when I used to sign him when he was nobody, time flies

So many players perform well and the "big" teams wait for another team to sign them and "prove" themselves at a European level and then play 5x the price 1 season later, why dont teams gamble on these players when they are 20m

This guv remind me of Costa+Drogba need him at chelsea asap hope chelsea sees this 💙 #chelsea #chelseafc

Beast🦁

Sick thumbnail James! Just as feedback for you it's really is what made me click this video

I have my heart set on Isak. I think he’s worth whatever Newcastle want for him.

Love him

big up XO

An XO OG? I’m a Boiler room and Spin class OG!!😅

10:16 he actually smashed that in the near post not the far post

I know it’s probably not going to get the clicks it would deserve, but would you be interested in doing a breakdown of Thiago mottas Bologna side and Joshua zirkzee?

As a spurs fan I said a while back we should get this guy while he was at Coventry, what a missed opportunity.

Any reason you can’t show highlights of the player like the other scouting channels do?

Apart from top teams in Portugal do you not think most other clubs are in line with championship teams?

FM players will know how good he is

Ahhhh the XO days, feels like a life time ago 😅

Beast in FIFA

Viktor is like if Zlatan and Christianio had a baby

Fair play Sweden have two of Europes best strikers and they didn't end up qualifying for the EUROs...

I think he always had the talent, winning a golden boot at euro u17 despite only play 3 games shows that

In his first full season for us sky blues he actually went on a 15 game goal drought after he picked a niggle(swollen knee) but once he got going he finished the seon strong. Robins should of extended his cutract as we woulf of more dough of kept him. Same goes which Hamer and not offereing Ohare a contract when he was out injured for over year now hes leaving for nothing. This is Robins weakness.

Let’s not forget what mark robins and the Coventry coaches did to help him become the player he is now

6:28 Ivan Toney did this yesterday, listening to you describe this kid you might aswell be describing Ivan Toney too, if Gyokeres is worth 100 mil what is Toney worth with English tax added?.

the goal on porto is wrong, he doesnt shoot there

If he is signed it would be for arsenal because. Bayern have Kane, Madrid are probably saving for mbappe, city have Haland and barca is broke. Chelsea, Man United and Tottenham could sign him but. But Tottenham has to pay off their stadium and they finish the Kane money, Chelsea will try to avoid ffp and I don't think any body wants to move to United. Psg is also an option but the league is a problem

Darwin Nunez came with same numbers and hefty price tag. PL is a different league. What the Portuguese clubs do best is they know how to invest in talent and make millions in transfer sales. He is 25. Not sure how he’s gone under the radar when he played in England.

Could be a great player, but 100 mil for him would be a ridiculous risk and could easily end up being a huge waste. Wouldn’t personally spend that on him at this moment

I seriously don’t think his game translate to the EPL as well as 100m player should. Good things about him are he’s a good finisher so if you get him chances he will score some, but all those clips of him creating goals on his own I don’t see working in the EPL. Most are him using his pace to beat defenders when he isn’t incredibly fast, those spaces just don’t exist in the EPL very often so definitely would see his solo goals drop quite a bit. I think you are signing a 15G striker, a slightly worse Diego Costa, and for a 100m it’s a quite a lot if that’s all you’re getting. In other leagues though like Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A I think he would tear apart like he has been

Have you seen his goal against Belgium? Look it up.

i just can’t see how he’d be premier league level after a couple decent years with one of them only being the championship, even striker like solanke and mitrovic have come up to the prem and done marginally worse and they scored double what he did. 12 months apart i don’t see him being a world beater in a top 5 league next season but in the coming years i won’t write him off, after seeing nunez look like a poor finisher and not a great player last season to seeing his finishing improve and as a player he’s actually great now i think he could be similar where he joins a top team but will just need time and a top manager to get the best out of him

Gyökeres!!!!!

It’s cool how you use the tools and stuff but you really need to play the clip also like what are you doing 😭😂

He reminds me of RVP

Bit of a joke this mate, everyone who saw him play live last season knew he was mustard. Like top level good. Well done for catching up I guess.

He's like a clunky Jesus that can finish✨🙆🏾‍♂️

First it was Isak being called the next Ibrahimovic and now it's Gyökeres. There is no one who can be called the next Ibrahimovic cause they never going to be at his level even if both Isak and Gyökeres are very good footballers.

That step ain’t unusual in strikers lmao

Would love him at Spurs!

love osimhen but as a Swede want Chelsea to sign Gyökeres

I want him come to Arsenal

As an Arsenal fan this looks like the Nicolas Pepe situation again....

What does the fox say ft. JLA

His release clause is 100 million Euros m.

Has everything in his arsenal does he?…

This is one of the lesser talked about sucky things about being a Championship club- I mean we sold this guy for roughly 20Mil with a sell-on clause and that was talked about as being this ridiculously high price, and 9 months later he's suddenly worth 5 times as much!!! We knew what we had but you can't demand a high price "cos Championship", and if you do, 99 times out of 100 they'll leave for free!

If he wins the league at sporting his worth every penny. We need thay mentality at arsenal proven with declan rice

As an Arsenal fan; my preferences would be: 1. Isak 2. Vlahovic 3. Sesko 4. Gyokeres 5. Osimhen

The release clause is 100M euros, not pounds.

PS...he's on 50 g&a at the moment 😂😂😂😂

His price tag has probably gone through the roof

People were laughing when chelsea were linked to him before the winter. Hes a better footballer than osimhen and cheaper

I remember this guy was USELESS up front in a fifa save I had with st Pauli. Shows that video games don’t know anything about potential

Coventry fan. I love Gyökeres, and undoubetdly he's a fantastic player. Glad he's done so well at Sporting. But I cant help but think it tells us as much about the quality of the Portuguese league compared to the level of our second tier. The release clause is monstrous.

I watched his highlights and I'm not sold this guy is 100m worthy. He's a 40-50 mil player at best. He takes a lot of unnecessary touches and movements. He looks a bit slow, and his body looks uncoordinated when he runs. This guy has flop written all over him if he moves to the Prem.

NÃO MEU

Bring him to Arsenal he would fit our style of play and will score goals for us. Pay the money 💰 sign gyokeres

United could have saved a ton of money and gotten a better player by signing this guy instead of Hojlund.

Gyokeres has a huge flop potential if he comes to Arsenal. I see him as a one season wonder. I can hardly imagine he’ll achieve even half of the numbers he has now, next season in PL. Liga Portugal is not Premier League, there are no such wide spaces in the defenses of PL teams as there are in Portugal, this is why he scored so much this season. For the same price, Arsenal should go for Isak, because he has proven himself for the last 3 seasons.

He can be more powerful if he goes to arsenal his striking much with arsenal

He’s the new flavour of the month for me. As an Arsenal fan I want someone already PL proven like a Toney or Watkins. Both Victors would need time to adjust. With city and liveprool you don’t have time to WASTE