Liverpool sent Anthony Gordon transfer message after Newcastle United talks
Newcastle United expect Anthony Gordon to remain at the club despite transfer interest from Liverpool.
As Newcastle strived to adhere to Premier League Profitability and Sustainability Rules last month, Liverpool made contact about Gordon’s potential availability. While talks took place between the clubs, they did not progress due to Newcastle’s valuation and desire to keep hold of the player.
Liverpool remain interested in Gordon, but Newcastle chief executive Darren Eales has gone on the record in stating he expects the 23-year-old to remain at the club this summer.
When asked if he expects the club to keep hold of the likes of Gordon, Alexander Isak and Bruno Guimaraes this transfer window, Eales responded: “Yes.”
But it has been claimed the interest from Liverpool risks unsettling Gordon, who is a boyhood fan of the Merseyside club and would be keen on a move. But Eales has backed the winger for a big season on Tyneside.
“With all players they're professionals and this is the nature of the business where there's speculation,” he added.
“For us and for Anthony in a personal capacity, not getting more minutes perhaps than he could have in the Euros, Eddie will bring him back in here and he'll have a chip on his shoulder knowing what Anthony is like. We all know his personality.
“He's one of the most driven professionals I've ever worked with in terms of that single-mindedness. This is a big year for him. He was fantastic last season, for him to be able to kick on now this year with the squad we've got here, there's a real opportunity for him to go to the next level.”
Gordon is set to join up with the Newcastle squad later this month having been away with England at the European Championships in Germany. Despite scoring 12 goals and registering 11 assists for Newcastle during the 2023-24 season, Gordon was limited to just one brief substitute cameo for England in Germany.
"From a personal capacity it was a shame that he didn't get more time because as we saw last season, Anthony can be a very dangerous player,” Eales added. "He was one of the main attacking threats in the Premier League last season.
"We also saw the way that Eddie developed him because when he came mid-way through last season even Anthony will accept it took him a bit of time to get up to speed.
"But we saw that way that Eddie can develop players and that is something that is Eddie's big strengths and what makes him such a good club manager because he has that day-to-day contact with the players out on the grass.
"That is psychological as well as a physical and tactical perspective. So for us Anthony's one of the many weapons we've got, that is the excitement we've got.
"We can be very excited about the players we have available and as I said it will be about now what can we do in the remainder of the window, to keep strengthening and to evolve the squad.”
Newcastle’s sales of Yankuba Minteh and Elliot Anderson to comply with PSR before the June 30 deadline and the £70million loss from 2021 being removed from next year’s calculations will allow the club to spend money and strengthen the squad this summer.