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Viktor Gyökeres has been a complete success this year.
At the same time that his mysterious goal gesture has become a real talking point.
Now the Swedish goal king is breaking the silence about his famous gesture.
Before the last season wrote Viktor Gyökeres on for Sporting Lisbon and left England and Coventry for games in Portugal. It was the start of an incredible success story for the Swedish 26-year-old.
Gyökere’s success
During the season that has been, Gyökeres has completely scored goals for Sporting and caught the eyes of the entire football world. There were a mind-boggling 43 goals in 50 games during the first season in Lisbon and now the successful striker is being chased by much bigger clubs during the summer transfer window.
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Along with the great cavalcade of goals, his unique goal gesture has also become a huge talking point in the football world. Gyökeres celebrates his goals by crossing his hands over his mouth as a kind of mask and the gesture has been extremely popular with fans but also mysterious.
Reveals target gesture
Because no one really knows why the Swede, who started with that goal gesture already during his time in Coventry. Viktor Gyökeres himself has refused to tell the reason behind his special goal celebration – until now.
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The Swedish national team player now breaks the silence and gives a very clear clue in a video on Instagram. He writes the following words together with the video, see it below.
“Nobody cared until I put on the mask”, writes Gyökeres in the post.
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It’s a famous movie quote from the Batman movies and is said by the character Bane, who wears a mask and is said to have inspired the 26-year-old. The Portuguese newspaper A Bola now states that this is the reason for the goal gesture and Gyökeres himself has previously said that he will give answers about his “mask” after the end of the season.
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