Viktor Gyokeres' 'father brought to tears' after latest Arsenal transfer development

The ongoing saga over Viktor Gyokeres' future is taking its toll on the Sporting Lisbon striker and his family with Arsenal and the Portuguese champions refusing to budge in negotiations.

Gyokeres, 27, has emerged as the Gunners' top striker target this summer. And talks over a deal which would see the Sweden international head to the Premier League have been taking place over the last couple of weeks, though said discussions have so far failed to yield a full agreement.

It emerged last weekend that Arsenal and Sporting haveverbally agreed a deal in principle worth an initial £55million plus £8.6m in add-ons and bonuses.

However, the two sides have hit a deadlock in discussions over the structure of said add-ons, with Sporting demanding that the bulk of the additional bonuses are easily achievable.

With talks dragging on, Arsenal have been unable to sign Gyokeres in time for their pre-season tour of Asia - and the delay is also affecting Gyokeres and his family.

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A new report from Abola has detailed how the player's father has been reduced to tears over Sporting's handling of the situation.

Sporting are showing no signs of softening their stance over their demands and, per the report, there are now concerns that could ultimately lead to a deal collapsing.

It's said Arsenal 'haven't shown any sign of life' in six days amid the current deadlock, further fuelling fears that Gyokeres could be denied a dream transfer to The Emirates.

Gyokeres has already made it clear that he will not return to Sporting and footage of a removal van outside his home in Portugal quickly went viral after being shown on CNN earlier this week. He refused to return to training last week and was not part of the squad that travelled for the club's pre-season training camp.

Frederico Varandas has been outspoken on negotiations and continues to insist that Sporting's star strike will not be allowed to leave unless the club's demands are met. “If they don't want to pay Viktor's fair market value, we're very comfortable with that for the next three years,” he said.

"This strategy is also making it more complicated for the player to leave. Nobody is above the interests of the club. Whoever they are. We're calm. Everything will be resolved with the market closing, a hefty fine and an apology to the group.”

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