Viktor Gyokeres just sent Liverpool the ULTIMATE 'come and get me' plea

Liverpool have been linked with Viktor Gyokeres and the Sporting CP star just showed everyone exactly why. The Reds' interest will be solid as a rock.

It was reported earlier this week that Liverpool are in the market for Viktor Gyokeres. Now, they're not alone in that - Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea also want the Sporting CP star.

Not on the list, surprisingly, is Manchester United. They've just appointed Sporting boss Ruben Amorim, the manager who has had so much success out of Gyokeres.

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We think that's an enormous mistake on United's part not to go after Gyokeres, too. It's one Liverpool can take advantage of.

The Swede can offer a fix to Liverpool's biggest problem right now - the lack of a reliable striker. There are two forwards on the books, of course, in Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez.

Both, however, are unreliable in their own ways.

Gyokeres is about as reliable as it gets right now, while also offering the kind of centre-forward Arne Slot likes. And he gave everyone a magnificent reminder of that on Friday night.

Viktor Gyokeres scores four

Sporting, who have been in sensational form this season, faced off against Estrela Amadora last night. It became the Gyokeres show - he bagged four on the night in a 5-1 win.

The first was a result of a give-and-go with an emphatic finish:

After that came two goals in 10 minutes. Gyokeres's second was even more emphatic than his first - a trend with the striker. That came after he broke the offside trap perfectly.

And the third? A penalty. That admittedly wasn't as special as the others.

Those goals actually completed a first-half hattrick for Gyokeres. His fourth had to wait but he found it after half-time, sitting a defender down before making the finish look easy.

It's the ideal come-and-get-me plea

Gyokeres's agent has made it clear in the past that when Amorim leaves Sporting, the striker will also look to depart. The former has now happened and thus the Swede's time in Portugal is almost certainly drawing to a close.

And at a time when Liverpool and other massive clubs are watching closely, Gyokeres puts in a performance like this. It's only going to increase the interest in him and solidify in teams like the Reds that he's the one to go for.

This performance made it 16 Liga Portugal goals for Gyokeres this season and 20 in all competitions. It's the start of November.

The striker is in outrageous form and Liverpool must take this performance for what it is - a sign that Gyokeres is worth pushing for.

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