Viktor Gyokeres is potentially Coventry City’s best player from the last decade.
It took a little while for the Sweden international to get to grips with playing football in England, as he failed to score a league goal during his time with Brighton and while on loan with Swansea. Even his initial spell with Coventry was a little slow.
He made 19 Championship appearances while on loan with the Sky Blues during the 2020/21 campaign and only managed to score three goals. Coventry must have seen talent there though, as they signed him on a permanent deal at the end of the season, which turned out to be a genius bit of business.
Once he had signed that permanent contract, Gyokeres really kicked on in the Championship. The 2021/22 season saw him score 17 goals and start all but five league games for the Sky Blues. The following season was even more impressive.
21 goals and 10 assists in one Championship campaign led him to be labelled somewhat of a modern-day legend after just two and a half seasons with the club.
Coventry made the play-offs that season, but despite two assists from Gyokeres in their play-off campaign, they lost out to Luton Town in the final.
Unfortunately, his goalscoring form meant that he attracted plenty of interest from clubs at a more elite level, and in July 2023, he left the club to join Portuguese side, Sporting CP – earning the Sky Blues a good fee, with more to come from a sell-on clause.
Gyokeres’ time in Portugal so far
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Coventry City fans were amazed at how well he did in the 2022/23 campaign, but no one would have expected him to put up the numbers he did last season with Sporting CP.
Gyokeres netted an incredible 29 goals in the Portuguese top flight in his first season with the club, assisting a further 9 along the way.
In nine separate league games, he scored two or more goals and was taking the division by storm. Sporting CP won the Portuguese top flight for the first time in three years, and it was largely thanks to the Swedish striker.
