Viktor Gyokeres will face disciplinary action according to Sporting Lisbon president Frederico Varandas after he failed to turn up for pre-season training, Afrosport reports.
The 27-year-old Sweden international was due to report for Sporting’s training camp on Saturday after being granted an extended break but did not show up.
Gyokeres, who scored 54 goals last season has been heavily linked with a move to Premier League club Arsenal, with his latest actions a move to force his way out of the Portuguese capital.
Varandas however says the former Coventry City striker will be fined and ordered to tender an apology to the team.
“We’re calm. Everything will be resolved with the closing of the market, a heavy fine, and an apology to the group,” he said per Reuters.
“If they [interested clubs] don’t want to pay fair market value for Viktor, we are very comfortable with that for the next three years.
“If the geniuses who are devising this strategy think that this puts pressure on me to facilitate the exit, they are not only completely wrong but are also making the player’s exit even more complicated.
“No one is above the club’s interests, whoever they may be.”
Gyokeres has scored 97 goals in 102 matches for Sporting and has three years left on his existing contract, with the club seeking a fee of €100 million to sell him off.
