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Sporting CP president Frederico Varandas has blamed Premier League clubs for inflating Viktor Gyokeres' price.

Commenting on the ongoing transfer saga, the Sporting chief said: "Today I think there is a strong probability that he will leave.

In these last few weeks of the market, we have been attentive, and I saw a player, [Martin] Zubimendi, who is six months younger than Viktor, leave for 65 million euros.

"I saw Matheus Cunha and [Bryan] Mbeumo, both forwards, but who do not have Viktor's market value or his quality, in my opinion, and are being negotiated for values in the order of 75 million euros.

"We are talking about players with 26 years old.

Given the demands that we consider to be fair value, I believe that Viktor can leave, unless he has the worst agent in the world, which I find hard to believe, because he is one of the best footballers in the world."