Viktor Gyokeres' insistence that there were "no hard feelings" when Ruben Amorim left Sporting CP midway through last season was an indication that he was already planning his move.

Amorim made the switch from the Jose Alvalade Stadium to Old Trafford in November last year while Sporting remained at the top of the Portuguese Primeira Liga. Gyokeres was left to spearhead the team without the manager who had brought him to the club and, despite a rocky period initially, helped the side retain their domestic crown and lift the Taca de Portugal.

Last month, Gyokeres followed his former manager to the Premier League , but chose to sign for rivals Arsenal rather than Amorim's Manchester United . The Swedish forward's £64million transfer fee means he arrives with enormous expectatio

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