Declan Rice makes Viktor Gyokeres feelings clear amid £54.6m Arsenal summer transfer plan

Arsenal favourite Declan Rice is one of 346,000 to have liked Viktor Gyokeres' latest Instagram post celebrating Sporting CP's latest Portuguese title.

The 26-year-old ends 2024/25 with a trophy in his grasp after his team pipped rivals Benfica to the post on the final day of the season.

Scoring 53 and assisting 13 times in all competitions this term, has unsurprisingly found himself being the focus of persistent summer transfer rumours.

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And , unable to end their ongoing five-year silverware drought this term, is earmarked as one possible destination. Latest reports suggest that the Swede could be .

If he is to depart Lisbon for good, at least the striker would be doing so on good terms. Without his contributions back-to-back titles would not have been possible.

Posting pictures of the celebrations in the aftermath of their final-day victory over Vitoria SC, he wrote: "First time was so nice we had to do it twice [two trophy emojis]."

Seen in the likes section underneath the post is Gunners midfielder , who interestingly does not follow the Sporting goalscorer.

It is not exactly approval of a summer transfer from the No.41, but is bound the stoke the fires within supporters' hearts vying for their club to finally recruit a striker for 's team.

Potentially making that task that much more difficult, at least in Gyokeres' case, are Manchester United.

Even if the forward's path to the Emirates Stadium is clear, have claimed that the Old Trafford club are primed to challenge for the signing.

If they win the Europa League final vs Tottenham and qualify for next season's Champions League, they would receive a huge boost.

And of course manager at Man United is Gyokeres' former boss of one-and-a-half years, Ruben Amorim.