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It has now been revealed that Newcastle United will go into contract talks with Anthony Gordon and his representatives next week.
The news comes from the very reliable George Caulkin of The Athletic.
He reports that when Anthony Gordon returns from his extended summer leave due to involvement with England this summer at the Euros, the club will offer him an enhanced and extended new contract.
The man from The Athletic saying that the new contract will reward the winger for his astonishing progress last season, that ended with him forcing his way into the England squad, having delivered double figures in terms of both goals and assists in the 2023/24 Premier League season.
An extended contract will of course also strengthen Newcastle United’s position with the player, however, there is absolutely no pressure as things stand on that front for Eddie Howe and the Newcastle United owners. As Anthony Gordon signed what was described as a ‘long-term’ deal 18 months ago, the player reported to still have four years left on this existing Newcastle United contract.
Obviously any increase on the length of time remaining on his NUFC contract can only be a positive.
Eddie Howe recently talked about Anthony Gordon and about the player’s commitment to Newcastle United, as well as the short-term issue that needed to be solved, in terms of the PSR deadline of 30 June 2024. United needing to raise £50m+ to ensure they stayed within the rules, young squad players Anderson and Minteh sold for a combined £68m, though United had of course United had been forced to look at the hypotheticals. As in, if they couldn’t sell squad players to solve that short-term financial problem, they could have had to potentially sell a first-team player, such as Anthony Gordon or whoever.
Eddie Howe:
“Anthony Gordon is such an important player for us.
“We didn’t want to lose anybody (from the first-team).
“Why would we want to lose our best players?
“We fought really hard to make the right decisions.
“In those last few weeks (before the June 30 PSR deadline), it was very, very difficult.
“Anthony Gordon an integral part of what we’re doing.
“I’m confident he is OK.
“I think you can only judge Anthony on what he has given Newcastle on the pitch.
“He has been committed.
“We have had no conversations over the summer where it has been fractious or negative.
“He has always been the Anthony Gordon who has given absolutely everything to Newcastle and I want to make that clear to all our supporters.”

 
