Bayern Munich remain interested in Gordon, just like Arsenal, but a move is expected to be tricky. Sky reports that Bayern are already holding “very concrete talks” with the player’s agents, and Gordon is said to be open to a switch. However, he is under contract at Newcastle until 2030 and there is no release clause.
Bayern are reportedly eyeing a fee of around €60 million, yet Smith states, “I don’t expect less than €90 million for a player we signed for €46 million as a relatively untested 21-year-old.” Newcastle do not want to lose their key player, but they may need to sell to meet Premier League Financial Fair Play rules, especially if they miss out on European football. With six matches left, the Magpies sit 14th, five points outside the European places.
Bayern have already been thwarted twice by the Magpies. In January 2024 they agreed personal terms with right-back Kieran Trippier only to baulk at Newcastle’s valuation, so they turned to Galatasaray’s Sacha Boey for €30m instead.
Last summer the club pursued Nick Woltemade for months, only to see him move from VfB Stuttgart to Newcastle for €75 million. “I can only congratulate the people in Stuttgart on having found – and I’ll put this in quotation marks – an idiot who paid that much money,” said supervisory board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge at the time. Perhaps the “idiot” is now getting his own back for that remark with his transfer fee demands for Gordon.