Newcastle United plan to open contract negotiations with Anthony Gordon when the ahead returns from an prolonged break subsequent week.
The north-east membership wish to reward him for his excellent first full season at St. James’ Park which ended with him being chosen for England’s squad for the European Championship.
Newcastle had held discussions with Liverpool over probably promoting Gordon to the Merseyside membership as they scrambled to boost round £60million ($76.4m) forward of the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability (PSR) reporting deadline of June 30, however promoting the 23-year-old was all the time seen as final resort.
In opening contract talks, Newcastle hope that they’ll keep at bay additional curiosity from Liverpool, the membership Gordon supported as a boy who’ve a long-standing appreciation for the Englishman.
Gordon joined Newcastle from Everton on a “long-term” contract in January 2023 for preliminary price of £40m. He got here by means of the academy at Everton and made 78 first-team appearances for Everton earlier than becoming a member of Newcastle.
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Amid inner fears that Gordon could have had his head turned by the Liverpool discussions, Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe maintained Gordon had been “dedicated” to the membership. “He’s such an necessary participant for us, we didn’t wish to lose anyone,” Howe stated final week. “Why would we wish to lose our greatest gamers? We fought actually arduous to make the correct choices. In these previous few weeks (earlier than the June 30 PSR deadline), it was very, very troublesome.
“He’s an integral a part of what we’re doing. I’m assured he’s OK. I believe you’ll be able to solely decide Anthony on what he has given Newcastle on the pitch. He’s been dedicated.
“We’ve had no conversations over the summer season the place it has been fractious or damaging. He’s all the time been the Anthony Gordon who has given completely every thing to Newcastle and I wish to make that clear to all our supporters.”
Since signing for Newcastle, Gordon has scored 13 targets and offered 11 assists in 63 appearances. Final season, he emerged as a key participant below Howe and had the best season of his profession, registering 11 targets and 10 assists in 35 Premier League matches.
That type noticed him referred to as as much as characterize England and Gordon featured 3 times in friendlies earlier than being named in Gareth Southgate’s squad for Euro 2024, the place he made one substitute look.
This summer season, Newcastle have signed Lloyd Kelly, John Ruddy and Odysseas Vlachodimos, whereas Lewis Corridor’s mortgage has grow to be everlasting and they’ve additionally agreed a deal to signal William Osula from Sheffield United. Yankuba Minteh and Elliot Anderson have been offered.
Liverpool, in the meantime, have had a quiet window thus far, with no senior arrivals or departures aside from Calvin Ramsay becoming a member of Wigan Athletic on mortgage.
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