Gordon ‘best in the league in his position’published at 11:00 BST

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Newcastle 3-0 Benfica

nthony Gordon of Newcastle United looks on during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD3 matchImage source, Getty Images

Former Spurs and Crystal Palace winger Andros Townsend on Anthony Gordon, who scored in Newcastle’s 3-0 win over Benfica: “When I first joined Everton, he was a young lad, and you could see he had quality. He had immense pace, but he didn’t work hard enough. In a modern-day winger you need to be the first line of press, and he wasn’t doing that.

“Then it sort of clicked for him. He started working hard, he started working on getting in the team. He started getting joy. The fans loved him. But even still, by the time Newcastle bought him for £50m, Everton fans were thinking, right, we don’t want him to go, but I think we’ve got the better end of the deal with £50m.

“But since then, he’s just put it all together. He’s got the quality, he’s got the consistency, the pace out of possession.

“For me, he’s one of the best in the Premier League in his position, and it’s all just come together for him. At the age of 24 he has absolutely everything and the world is oyster now for club and for for country, going into the summer’s World Cup.”