Revealed: How Viktor Gyokeres compares to his Premier League rivals amid calls for him to follow Ruben Amorim to Man United - after scoring a goal every 84 MINUTES in the league for Sporting Lisbon

Manchester United fans will person been paying typical attraction to Sporting Lisbon's 4-1 thumping of Man City successful nan Champions League, not slightest because it gave them a chance to spot their breathtaking caller leader Ruben Amorim humiliate their bitter rivals.

But besides because a imaginable caller look successful Viktor Gyokeres took to nan shape amid mounting speculation complete nan Swede's move to Old Trafford.

They were not disappointed. The electrical centre-forward bagged different hat-trick taking him to a hardly believable extremity tally of 23 strikes from conscionable 17 matches this season.

While a January move for nan powerful striker, 26, seems disconnected nan table, nan presence of Amorim arsenic Erik 10 Hag's successor could group up a imaginable transportation adjacent summer.

The incumbent leader did small to dull nan rumours aft his side's demolition of City connected Tuesday night, saying: 'This is my city, this is my country, truthful I'll respect it. Viktor has to enactment until nan extremity of nan play and past his life will astir apt spell location else.'

But is nan Swedish prima really worthy waiting for and are location amended options person to home? Here, Mail Sport delves into really Gyokeres compares pinch his goal-scoring rivals. 

The Swede has had an electrifying mates of seasons since joining Sporting from Coventry successful July 2023 for £16million positive £3.5m successful bonuses.

Well alert of his immense potential, nan Sky Blues inserted a clause successful nan woody securing 10 to 15 per cent of immoderate early transfer.

And Gyokeres has delivered, placing himself connected nan cusp of a immense move acknowledgment to a glut of goals complete nan past 15 months.

In conscionable 43 convention games since nan commencement of nan 2023-24 campaign, nan striker has slotted location 45 times astatine a complaint of a extremity each 84 minutes.

His ratio successful beforehand of extremity is, indeed, singular and this is borne retired successful nan statistic pinch Gyokeres scoring pinch 27.6 per cent of his attempts. 

Leading nan measurement successful nan Premier League is, of course, City's Erling Haaland but moreover nan record-breaking Norwegian is near trailing successful nan Sporting star's aftermath erstwhile we return a look astatine nan statistics. 

The 24-year-old's look astatine nan extremity of a frustrating evening connected Tuesday was a picture. 

A missed penalty, minimal touches and galore spurned chances near Haaland seemingly connected nan verge of tears, nan extremity instrumentality having been made to look alternatively mean arsenic his Scandinavian modern fired 3 past his side.

The lucifer unfairly reflected a quality successful value betwixt nan players which, according to nan statistics, is minimal.

Haaland has 38 convention goals successful 41 games since nan commencement of past season, scoring 1 each 91 minutes - a fig comparable pinch that of Gyokeres successful what is simply a much competitory league. His changeable conversion complaint is besides awesome astatine 22.5 per cent.

No 1 other successful nan Premier League comes adjacent to nan duo who will perchance beryllium facing disconnected successful a Manchester derby successful nan not-so-distant future.

Mohamed Salah has been a revelation for Liverpool since he arrived astatine Anfield successful 2017, scoring 220 times successful 365 matches for nan Reds.

The Egyptian has won 3 Golden Boots successful his seven-year spell connected Merseyside including an absurd tally of 32 strikes successful 2017-18 to denote his return to nan Premier League. 

He is immoderate measurement down nan duo of Gyokeres and Haaland, however, complete nan past twelvemonth aliases so, scoring 25 convention goals successful 42 matches astatine a complaint of 1 each 136 minutes. His ratio cutting successful from nan right-hand broadside is somewhat inferior to nan 2 centre-forwards scoring pinch 17.4 per cent of his shots.

England's Ollie Watkins whitethorn person provided England pinch nan astir melodramatic infinitesimal of their Euro 2024 run pinch a last-minute victor successful nan semi-final against nan Netherlands, but his numbers ray successful comparison to that of Gyokeres.

United were reportedly eyeing up nan Aston Villa man successful summertime 2023, only to opt for nan presently misfiring Rasmus Hojlund instead, but nan Red Devils' liking successful nan striker has cooled since past contempt him firing nan Villans into nan Champions League. 

Watkins has 24 convention goals since nan opening of nan 2023-24 run and, having played much matches than immoderate of his rivals, has a minutes per extremity complaint of 167 - astir 1 onslaught each 2 games.

His changeable conversion complaint is akin to Salah's astatine 18.5 per cent. 

Alexander Isak was said to person turned down Ten Hag's United successful 2022 earlier he made nan move to Newcastle, and his caller shape will make nan Red Devils regret their inability to lure him in.

The striker besides has 24 convention goals but successful conscionable 38 matches, meaning he slots location erstwhile each 123 minutes. 

His extremity conversion rate, meanwhile, is moreover amended than Haaland's astatine 23.8 per cent.

Any lingering resentment astatine nan Magpies for swooping successful to unafraid Isak mightiness beryllium removed, however, if United negociate to motion his countryman Gyokeres successful nan adjacent summertime transportation window. 

Dominic Solanke, who starred for Bournemouth past twelvemonth earlier moving to Tottenham Hotspur successful nan summer, has 23 convention goals successful 46 matches astatine a complaint of 1 each 176 minutes. He scores pinch 17.8 per cent of his attempts.

Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson has bagged conscionable 20 successful 45 successful nan convention but his goals-per-minute ratio is akin to that of his London rival astatine 179 minutes. 

His changeable conversion complaint is 19.4 per cent, though his shape has been improving pinch six successful 10 matches this play truthful far. 

Arsenal's Kai Havertz swapped nan Blues for nan northbound of nan superior successful 2023 and, though reasonably caller to nan centre-forward role, has 17 goals successful 47 games including 4 already this season.

But his onslaught complaint languishes astatine nan bottommost of nan database astatine 208 minutes and nan German will beryllium hoping to amended this successful nan coming weeks and assistance nan Gunners into nan apical four.

Golden Boot battles successful nan years to travel mightiness beryllium dominated by Scandinavians, pinch Gyokeres edging person to arriving astatine Old Trafford, but their records successful nan past mates of seasons tin only beryllium separated by a cigaret paper.

Performances for illustration nan 1 connected Tuesday night, however, will person United fans licking their lips astatine nan imaginable of having their ain reply to nan seemingly unstoppable Haaland.