'I hear': David Ornstein shares what he's been told about Anthony Gordon to Liverpool after Ekitike's injury
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Liverpool are unlikely to try and sign Anthony Gordon from Newcastle this summer, despite a serious injury to Hugo Ekitike.That’s according to journalist David Ornstein, who has refuted suggestions that the Reds will look to pluck Gordon as part of their attacking rebuild.Thursday brought reports that Gordon will push to leave Newcastle, with Liverpool seen as a possible landing spot, but according to Ornstein, there are no plans from either club or player to make that happen. Is a fifth-place finish enough to warrant Arne Slot remaining Liverpool manager?
Credit: Shaun Brooks/CameraSport/Getty Images Liverpool move not in Gordon’s plans – OrnsteinPart of the reason Liverpool moving for Gordon seems so likely, is because of the 25-year-old’s reported ‘desperation’ to play for his boyhood club.Liverpool needed a pacy, versatile attacker even before Ekitike was ruled out for around nine months, but with the Frenchman set to miss a good chunk of next season, signing Gordon made even more sense.However, when asked in a fan Q&A with The Athletic who the current favourite is in the race to buy the former Everton winger, Ornstein said he hadn’t heard anything to suggest that Liverpool were even going to be in the mix at all.“I’m not sure there truly is a favourite at this point, Joseph, because it is still so early,” said the journalist.Photo by Serena Taylor/Newcastle United via Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Xabi Alonso is not Liverpool’s first choice to take over as manager if Arne Slot is sacked“Bayern’s interest is not new and we know the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool have coveted him previously, too. “There are plenty of suggestions around the industry that Bayern could be the direction of travel – but I imagine they would need to shift somebody because they wouldn’t want Gordon as a back-up and he won’t want to go somewhere as a back-up.“I don’t know of him being at the top of Arsenal’s list and from what I hear a move to Liverpool is not on his or their agenda, even after the Ekitike injury.
Newcastle seem open to a sale but at the right price and if the reported £80m is true, that will not be easily achieved.”Though Gordon joining Liverpool would seemingly make sense for everyone involved here, it appears that the Reds have different plans, for now at least. Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox