{"id":30355,"date":"2026-05-27T10:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/30355\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:07:13","slug":"anthony-gordon-attracting-interest-from-spanish-champions-barcelona-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/30355\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Gordon attracting interest from Spanish champions Barcelona \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Barcelona have registered their interest in Newcastle striker Anthony Gordon as the battle to sign the England international gathers pace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have already thrown their hat into the ring as they attempt to lure the 25-year-old frontman to Germany, but the Press Association understands their Spanish counterparts have now entered talks with the Magpies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Speculation over Gordon, who joined Newcastle from Everton for \u00a345million in January 2023, has been rife for two seasons, and his list of suitors extends to more than just two of European football\u2019s biggest clubs with Liverpool long-term admirers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Anthony Gordon celebrates scoring against Sunderland in March .\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RCQJDFPVBFOIPJQ5VNCUH6FBZM.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"555\"\/>Anthony Gordon celebrates scoring against Sunderland in March . (Owen Humphreys\/PA) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">However, any tug of war for his signature could see his price-tag \u2013 rumoured to be in the region of \u00a375million \u2013 rise significantly.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/sport\/rugby\/munster-v-ulster-live-updates-from-limerick-as-ulstermen-look-to-make-up-for-leinster-loss-down-south-VANB6VQ37FDFHBHN74RERMWNE4\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Munster 41 Ulster 14: John Hodnett scores four as Ulster drop down in the URC table\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/I5LRAKSGE5GB5NKZCZOX43F6UQ.JPG\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/sport\/rugby\/ecpr-challenge-cup-final-montpellier-v-ulster-live-updates-as-ulster-look-to-end-the-27-year-wait-for-a-european-trophy-in-bilbao-BRPBX7IC3VCMTGB3KBNTTH4DEE\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Montpellier 59 Ulster 26: Montpellier run away with it for a third Challenge Cup in a decade in Spain\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7LZXMLCWSNDH7NXBJ355L4KEXY.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Gordon has been a key figure in Newcastle\u2019s return to prominence in recent seasons, and his attacking partnership with Alexander Isak, who moved to Liverpool for \u00a3130million last summer, and Jacob Murphy has been a key feature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He did not play in the final because of suspension, but his form was one of the driving forces in the run which helped the club end its 70-year wait for a major domestic trophy in the 2024-25 Carabao Cup final and also qualify for this season\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">However, amid repeated speculation that he could leave Tyneside, Gordon\u2019s influence has waned somewhat this season despite a return of 17 goals, 10 of them \u2013 including one against Barcelona \u2013 in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As the rumour machine went into full swing with the end of the campaign approaching, head coach Eddie Howe decided to leave the player out of his team on his return from injury, citing the need to focus on the future, perhaps an indication of what is to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona have registered their interest in Newcastle striker Anthony Gordon as the battle to sign the England international&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9573,92,8940,1743,841],"class_list":["post-30355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-anthony-gordon","tag-barcelona","tag-newcastle","tag-soccer","tag-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}