'Nasty' - Anthony Gordon injury update as Newcastle United star already ruled out of four games
Anthony Gordon update after the Newcastle United star picked up an injury in action for England.
Newcastle United are hopeful of having Anthony Gordon back available for next Monday’s Premier League trip to Leicester City.
The 22-year-old was called up for England for their World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia last month. Gordon came on as a substitute in the first game but an injury forced him to withdraw from the squad and miss the second game.
Gordon was sent off during his last appearance for Newcastle - the 2-1 FA Cup fifth round defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion - resulting in a three-match suspension. After sitting out of the win at West Ham United and the Carabao Cup final victory over Liverpool, Gordon serves the final match of his ban against Brentford on Wednesday night.
It was feared his injury would potentially rule him out for longer but Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has confirmed Gordon is due to return to training ahead of the visit to Leicester.
Providing an update, Howe said: “Anthony has a really nasty bruise in and around his thigh, straight groin area. He's up and running, feeling quite good. He hasn't trained with the group yet, so we anticipate he'll do that within the next few days, hopefully.”
Anthony Gordon breaks silence on missing Carabao Cup final
Exactly a fortnight before the Carabao Cup final, Gordon was shown a straight red card for supposedly lashing out at Brighton defender Jan Paul van Hecke. Having been cup-tied for the 2023 final against Manchester United after playing in an earlier round for Everton, Gordon again felt the pain of missing out again.
Speaking of the final, Gordon said: “It was unbelievable. It was very difficult for me, watching on, especially at the start of the game, watching the lads walking out and stuff. I was just imagining myself starting the game. But once the game started, to be honest, that feeling left me. I just became like a normal fan, like the rest of us.
“Once the whistle went, it was the best feeling I've had in football. The euphoria of running on the pitch, with the lads, was unbelievable.”
Despite watching from the sidelines, Gordon still got to enjoy the celebrations as normal as he and his Newcastle teammates were paraded around the city of Newcastle on Saturday, with 300,000 in attendance for the open-top bus parade and open-air event on the Town Moor.
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Gordon said: “It was very special. Something that none of us have ever seen before. Even lads in the team who may have won things won't have seen anything like that. The atmosphere, the amount of people, how loud they were, the whole way. People were even following the bus from where we first started, so yeah, it was very special.
“I can't express how happy I am. Like, I said in my first interview, or one of my first interviews, that it was my goal to come here and win silverware - to take that next step. And I've done that. To set out with a goal and achieve it is everything as a footballer.”