Liverpool frontrunners for Anthony Gordon transfer

Liverpool are at the moment wanting just like the early frontrunners for a possible £95m switch swoop for Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon.

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As first reported right here for the Each day Briefing, it appears to be like more and more probably that the Magpies may battle to maintain maintain of star names like Gordon and Sandro Tonali this summer season.

Gordon has impressed once more for Newcastle this season, weighing in with ten targets and 4 assists in 34 appearances in all competitions.

The 24-year-old is unquestionably nonetheless but to hit his peak, and it’s all too simple to think about what sort of affect he may have with higher gamers round him.

Sources on Liverpool’s curiosity in Anthony Gordon

Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis may be two names to look at within the race for Gordon, however for now the clear sign is that Liverpool are main the race for the England worldwide’s signature.

Nonetheless, Newcastle will as soon as once more be in no temper to be pushed round, which means this deal may value as a lot as £95m.

“Liverpool appear to be the early frontrunners for Gordon,” one supply stated. “He grew up there, and his household are Liverpool followers regardless of him beforehand being at Everton.”

“Liverpool’s curiosity is robust, they’ve admired him for a while and there could have already got been some casual contacts to evaluate the potential of a transfer,” one other supply advised me. “The issue is Newcastle will do all the pieces they will to make life troublesome for Liverpool once more as they did with Alexander Isak. I don’t anticipate they’d even think about coming into into talks except they will obtain one thing within the area of £85m, probably at the same time as excessive as £95m.”

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May Anthony Gordon strengthen Liverpool?

Gordon appears to be like like he might be able to make the step as much as a better degree, and one imagines LFC may view him as an improve on Cody Gakpo.

In the meantime, Metropolis may do nicely to usher in somebody extra constant than Jeremy Doku, so how does Gordon evaluate to those two gamers?

Gordon is clearly higher than Gakpo in numerous areas, however not all, whereas Doku appears to be the extra well-rounded participant than both of them.

Nonetheless, stats alone don’t all the time inform the entire story, and Gordon would certainly profit from having increased calibre teammates round him, in addition to from working with extra elite degree managers and coaches.