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Liverpool were linked with two Sporting Lisbon talents this summer, one more so than the other, but formal bids were tabled for neither

Goncalo Inacio (centre) and Viktor Gyokeres (right) were both linked with Liverpool in the summer transfer window(Image: Jose Manuel Alvarez/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)

Liverpool were linked with a potential double raid for Sporting Lisbon talents Goncalo Inacio and Victor Gyokeres this summer, although formal offers were never tabled.

The pair’s price tags could well have proved too much for the Reds, who had a shrewd window.

Sporting director Richard Hughes had christened the market as “opportunistic” for Liverpool, with the club waiting until the final week to do business for this season.

Federico Chiesa proved to be the only addition to the 2024-25 squad following a £12.5million move from Juventus.

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Meanwhile, a £29m transaction for Giorgi Mamardashvili will see the Georgian goalkeeper move to Anfield in 2025.

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Meanwhile, there are questions over several current players whose deals expire next summer.

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Caught Offside is the latest outlet to suggest that Liverpool were put off by the player’s £51m price tag, and thus did not make an approach albeit the club are still admirers of him.

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Meanwhile, weaker links had been made with team-mate and Swedish striker Gyokeres, who recorded 43 goals and 15 assists in 50 club games last season.

He has already bagged seven goals in five Sporting fixtures this term.

Victor Gyokeres has been linked with Liverpool(Image: Jonathan Moscrop/Getty Images)

Arsenal were more closely linked with Gyokeres but the attacker has ended up staying in Portugal.

Explaining why Premier League clubs might have been put off his transfer, the 26-year-old told Sport Bladet: “They (Sporting) wanted most of the starting players to stay and held us tight.

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“That’s how it turned out, but I enjoy Sporting very much, so for me it was no problem to stay.
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