Barcelona in talks with Newcastle to sign Gordon

Barcelona person joined Bayern Munich successful the contention to motion Newcastle United guardant Anthony Gordon.

The La Liga champions clasp an involvement successful the England planetary and are successful talks with Newcastle implicit a imaginable deal.

Although Barca person had fiscal restrictions successful caller years, the nine are understood to person the quality to walk immoderate is generated from subordinate sales.

Bayern Munich person besides held ceremonial discussions with Newcastle, but BBC Sport antecedently reported determination was a spread successful valuation betwixt the 2 clubs.

Newcastle main enforcement David Hopkinson made it wide they volition lone merchantability players connected "our terms" successful March.

The nine are in a comparatively beardown presumption to bid a minimum of £70m for Gordon, whose declaration does not expire until 2030.

Newcastle volition yet request to commercialized to rebuild this summer, peculiarly aft a disappointing 12th-place decorativeness successful the Premier League.

Gordon, who has antecedently played for Everton, looks the likeliest of Newcastle's cardinal players to depart and the club's top-scorer was adjacent near connected the seat for the last 4 games of the run due to the fact that caput manager Eddie Howe had an oculus connected the future.

Supporters successful the distant extremity concisely sang Gordon's sanction pursuing the 2-0 decision astatine Fulham connected the last time successful what felt similar a farewell.

Howe was asked afterwards if the 25-year-old had played his past crippled for the club.

"I don't know, arsenic I said successful the physique up to the game," helium said. "You tin ne'er foretell what's going to happen.

"He evidently goes to the World Cup present truthful we privation him well."

Barcelona besides clasp an involvement successful Atletico Madrid guardant Julian Alvarez and Chelsea striker Joao Pedro.

Hansi Flick's broadside person the enactment of signing Marcus Rashford, Gordon's planetary team-mate, connected a imperishable ground for £26m pursuing his indebtedness from Manchester United.