A reasonably surprising switch hearsay involving Liverpool has emerged over the weekend.
On Sunday, the Every day Star reported (by way of Every day Specific) that the Reds are eyeing a ‘shock transfer’ for Anthony Gordon, who was lately named Newcastle’s Participant of the Season and has a valuation of £100m+ at St James’ Park.
The 23-year-old is believed to have caught the attention at Anfield, with LFC chiefs exploring potential targets for this summer season’s switch window, the primary below Richard Hughes’ watch as sporting director.
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Gordon was truly on Liverpool’s books as a boy earlier than being launched after which becoming a member of Everton, the place he graduated by the academy ranks and into the primary workforce earlier than a £45m transfer to Newcastle in January 2023.
The winger – who cited Steven Gerrard as his childhood footballing hero – has hit double figures for each targets and assists within the Premier League this season, and he should’ve accomplished loads proper to be deemed the membership’s finest participant forward of 20-goal predator Alexander Isak.
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The sale of a type of attackers is eminently potential this summer season, with the Magpies reportedly below strain to promote key belongings as a way to adjust to Monetary Honest Play rules.
Nonetheless, regardless of loads of footballers representing each of Merseyside’s top-flight golf equipment over time (as our personal Peter Kenny Jones explored intimately in his sensible guide Crossing the Park: The Males Who Dared to Play for Each Liverpool & Everton), we’d be very shocked if the Reds transfer for Gordon this summer season.
Nearly as good a season as he’s had, it’d be tough to justify a nine-figure switch payment when Michael Edwards and Hughes may certainly land an attacker of comparable high quality for a extra reasonably priced sum. We wouldn’t be inclined to learn an excessive amount of into this specific hearsay.
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