Footballer Viktor Gyökeres has already secured EUR 69.9 million (ME) to Sporting, while Luis Suárez became the second most expensive reinforcement of the club, says the report and accounts of SAD ‘Leonina’ for the financial year 2025/26, published today.
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22/09/2026
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Lusa
Transfered to the English champion Arsenal in the summer of 2025 by 65,8 ME fixed, the 28-year-old Swedish spearhead Viktor Gyökeres sealed the biggest ever sale of Sporting, which contemplated a variable remuneration of 10.3 ME, with Lisboners receiving 4.1 ME until June 30th.
The overall amount of 69,9 ME reflects individual and collective goals achieved by Gyökeres, who helped Arsenal to become English champion 22 years later and to reach the finals of the Champions League and the English League Cup, lost with the French of Paris Saint-Germain (4-3 in the tie for penaltis, after 1-1 equality at the end of regulatory time and extension) and before Manchester City (2-0), respectively.
In the list of the highest sales of Portuguese football, which is dominated by the Argentine average Enzo Fernández, after the 121 ME invested by Chelsea's English with Benfica in 2023, Viktor Gyökeres ranks fifth, along with the centercamper João Neves, transferred from the 'guides' to the PSG two years ago by 59.9 ME, plus 10 ME in achieved goals.
Before going to Arsenal, Gyökeres became a Portuguese two-time champion and was the best I Liga scorer twice in other seasons in Sporting, who had hired him in 2023/24 to the English also of Coventry by 20 ME fixed, plus four ME in concrete variables.
Viktor Gyökeres was the most expensive reinforcement in the history of Sporting when he moved to London, but is now in third place of this accounting, headed by the Uruguayan medium Rodrigo Zalazar, who arrived from Sporting Braga by 30 ME in the summer transfer window of 2026/27.
Between Zalazar, author of the second highest acquisition ever in the I League and the biggest deal between two Portuguese clubs, and Gyökeres became Colombian Luis Suárez, successor of the Nordic in the ‘Leonino’ attack.
Best championship scorer in 2025/26 and responsible for seven goals in eight games this season, Suárez had been hired a year ago from Almería, the second Spanish echelon, by 22.2 ME, subsequently increased to 24.8 ME, due to 2.6 ME in accomplished goals.
The 28-year-old South American spearhead can yield up to 5.3 ME in variables for individual and team performance, which did not win trophies in 2025/26, but had the best participation ever in the Champions League and was driven away precisely by Arsenal in the quarter finals, returning to the top 8 of the main European club competition after 43 years.
Sporting SAD achieved a positive net result of 34.7 ME between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026, rising 74% from the 20 ME profit in the same year of 2024/25, today announced the national runners-up to the Securities Market Commission (MEC).
After a deep refurbishment of the squad in the summer, the ‘greens and whites’ revealed the funds involved in several entries and exits, some of which had not yet been reported to the SEC.
On arrival from the Famalicão by 21,3 ME fixed, the Senegalese central defense Ibrahima Ba was the second most expensive reinforcement of Sporting for 2026/27.
The lions also declared for the first time the amounts involved in the acquisitions of the Australian extreme Nestory Irankunda (ex-Watford, 15 ME), Danish Silas Andersen (ex-Häcken, 7.3 ME) and Brazilian Pedro Lima (ex-AVS, four ME), both medium, and Brazilian goalkeeper Kaique Pereira (ex-Palmeiras, four ME).
In reverse, the Brazilian extreme Alisson Santos was definitely linked to Naples, with Italians triggering a purchase option of 16.5 ME in June, four months after paying a loan rate of 3.5 ME.