Anthony Gordon looks likely to leave Newcastle United this summer.
Gordon has been an unused substitute in the previous two matches, and Eddie Howe suggested after the 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest on Sunday that part of the reason for not picking the winger is that he is ‘looking at the future’.
Howe has previously said he wouldn’t select players who aren’t “100% committed”, and that has been called into question regarding Gordon, whose representatives were spotted in Barcelona earlier this month.
But it is Bayern Munich where Gordon is most heavily linked to, with reports in Germany this week claiming the England international has agreed personal terms over a potential switch. However, the two clubs remain some way apart in terms of a transfer fee.
Sam Allardyce slams Anthony Gordon
The situation now has come as no surprise to former Newcastle boss Allardyce, who believes it was inevitable Gordon would ‘throw the towel in’ as soon as a bigger club came to the table.
“He’s already made the statement, he doesn’t want to be there,” Allardyce told the No Tippy Tappy Football podcast. “His agent has already been out talking [to other clubs]. He did the same at Everton.
"I think there is so much research now that goes on, or has to go on, about a football player like Anthony Gordon or [Alexander] Isak, that they are going to throw the towel in as soon as somebody bigger comes in for them. I think there needs to be a real look at that situation.
“You don't see the PFA, it's disgraceful not coming out and slaughtering the player. They are straight away jumping on your back if you try to discipline them or trying to fine them.. They will say: 'oh we will have to go to an appeal and you go: 'Shut up'. I almost swore there but you then go: 'All right, we will just not play them. How about that?'
"I think there should be a bigger punishment for that. And people need to look at contracts and write contracts in because it appears that when they decide they don't like the contract any more they go when they feel like it. And the agent goes and does the deal on the side."
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