Contradictory Anthony Gordon reports emerge despite Newcastle United ‘not for sale’ claims

Liverpool are readying another approach for Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon, according to reports.

NewcastleWorld have received no confirmation that the Magpies would be prepared to sell the 23-year-old. A fortnight ago, club CEO Darren Eales clarified a frantic FFP/PSR situation which could have seen Gordon offloaded before the July 1 deadline - but those fears are now redundant.

Yankuba Minteh and Elliot Anderson were offloaded instead to shore up the balance sheet - meaning Newcastle could keep hold of Gordon. Eales said: "In the end, we had to do the deals that were right for the club (for PSR). That made us compliant. So, from that perspective, we did what we had to do.

"But we kept what I would say are our core players, the type of players like Isak, Gordon, Bruno, Joelinton - those players who are our core. Now it's a case of ok, with that new cycle ahead of us now, how can we look to strengthen? How can we look to go to the next level?"

But CaughtOffside claim Liverpool will “renegotiate” their attempt to prise Gordon from St James’ Park. The report does suggest, however, that Newcastle want to tie the England international down on a longer contract.

Liverpool are yet to announce a major breakthrough in the transfer market and know Gordon was a boyhood fan. He is yet to return to Magpies training following Euro 2024 but Eddie Howe, like Eales, rebuffed talk of his talisman leaving.

“Anthony Gordon is a crucial player for us,” Howe told reporters.. “We didn’t want to lose anybody. “Why would we want to lose our best players? We fought really hard to make the right decisions. In those last few weeks it was very, very difficult, but we will be ok with Gordon.”