That's a very odd claim, for what is mostly a post saying that if we had first refusal (which we likely did according to the article when it says "purchase priority") then we could have stopped him from moving to Sporting. It would have been absolutely nuts if we had decided to force him to move...
This. I wouldn't have called the Gyokeres thing a buyback at all, it's just a first refusal clause. When Coventry decided to sell to Sporting and were ready to accept a bid, we were informed and asked if we wanted to match it. For a couple of reasons (price and what the player wanted) we decided...