Bayern Munich have made Newcastle winger Anthony Gordon a top transfer goal this summer and have made contact along with his representatives, in line with reports in Germany.
The 25-year-old is having fun with one of the best goal-scoring season of his profession, finding particular success within the Champions League.
The England international has scored 10 goals in only 12 European appearances, with 17 in 45 outings across all competitions.
It has been a difficult season for the Magpies within the Premier League, but Gordon’s stock remains to be very high as he looks set to go to the World Cup with England this summer.
The previous Everton winger has been linked with plenty of Premier League clubs in recent months, including Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea.
Now a heavyweight from overseas has entered the race as Bayern Munich need to tempt Gordon to Bavaria.
Sky Sport Germany report that Bayern want to herald Gordon as competition for Luis Diaz on the left wing.
The report states that the Germans think they will get the Newcastle star for €60m (£52m), which seems extremely ambitious given the Magpies paid £45m for him in January 2023.
Gordon stays under contract at St James’ Park until 2030, so Newcastle are usually not under pressure to sell one in all their star men below market value.
Newcastle legend Alan Shearer reckons any interested party would need to pay more like double that quantity in the event that they need to sign Gordon this summer.
‘It seemed a whole lot of money on the time when Newcastle signed Gordon, Shearer told Betfair. ‘But I assume you’d have to begin, when you’re talking about an England international forward who’s got a extremely good probability of starting for England, you then’d need to probably recover from £100 million to have a probability of signing Gordon.’
Gordon himself spoke out on transfer speculation in February, when he dismissed his links with various clubs as ‘a load of rubbish.’
‘It’s the standard, standard. I feel they simply pick names out of a hat. They do,’ he told Chronicle Live.
‘I haven’t heard anything; they could need to tell me before they inform you [the media].’
Asked if he was focused on becoming a Newcastle legend, the ex-Everton man replied: ‘After all. I even have undergone enough transfer stuff now to know that it’s all a load of rubbish.
‘I’m focused on me and focused on the team, I’m focused on straight away.
‘You look too far in the longer term and also you begin to underperform. And imagine me, I even have done that and I’m not going to try this now.’
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