Bayern Munich remain interested in Gordon, just like Arsenal. However, any move for the 21-year-old is expected to be complicated, not least because of that high-profile competition. According to Sky, Bayern have already held “very concrete talks” with Gordon’s agents, and the player is keen on a switch to Germany. The main hurdle is his contract with Newcastle, which runs until 2030 and includes no release clause.
Bayern are said to be eyeing a fee of around €60 million, yet Smith retorts, “I don’t expect less than €90 million for a player we signed for €46 million as an untested 21-year-old.” Newcastle do not want to lose their key player, but they may need to sell this summer 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 by the Magpies twice: in January 2024, when an agreement with right-back Kieran Trippier was scuppered by Newcastle’s valuation, and again that same window when a move for Nick Woltemade petered out, allowing the youngster to join the club from Stuttgart for €75m.
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,” supervisory board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said in late September. Now, some might argue, that “idiot” is getting his own back with his transfer fee demands for Gordon.