Everyone seems shocked that Barca are paying more for Gordon than what Rashford would cost, but presumably a big part of that is wages?
Overall figure would ideally include that over x years to give a better comparison.
Gordon is 3 years younger too.
And like it or hate it, a lot of football is off the ball stuff these days, and Gordon is better at it.
Gordon could well end up starting ahead of Rashford for England too, wouldn’t be a shock.
Whether the actual fee is worth it for Gordon 🤷♂️ we’ll see in a couple of seasons, I think he’s fine and money in football is weird these days.
In all fairness rafael leao thinks he’s 100 million times better than what he is and doesn’t work off the ball
Gordon does more than just on the ball work which is why the big teams will want him it’s quite simple
🚨💣 BREAKING: Anthony Gordon to Barcelona, here we go! Official bid accepted now by Newcastle board and Saudi owners.
€70m fixed fee plus add-ons to bring final package over €80m for #NUFC.
Gordon set to travel this week for medical and contract signing at FCB. 🔵🔴✈️
All in all, it’s not *that* bad, the first choice XI most people would agree on is all there outside of Hall perhaps.
We all have opinions, but at some point you’ve got to trust the Champions League winning manager.
The idea that “this is why we never win anything” because we haven’t taken the likes of Gibbs-White, Maguire, and Wharton is just a bit silly imo.
My favourite take is Gibbs-White not being in because he doesn’t play for a big 6 club, when Anderson is literally there 😁
I’d have swapped Hall for Spence, Maguire for Burn, and Wharton for Henderson, but at the end of the day, there’s a good reason I’m not England manager.
Bowen can also count himself extremely unlucky to not be in ahead of Madueke, but either way Saka is first choice, and presumably Madueke taken for a slightly different profile to Bowen.
I’m sure there’s a ton of stuff that goes on behind the scenes that affects these decisions too that we never hear about and the manager can’t come out and say.
If Toney has been taken for pens as a back up striker, why not take Palmer as a back up winger for the same reason..
Nonetheless we’re winning the lot anyways
England squad under tuchel -
Hall is the best left back in the world and Newcastle are lucky he hasn’t gone, as he’d get snatched up immediately. But he’s a loss for England
Maguire whinging on about not being selected shows he probs would’ve been a bad egg in the camp anyways
Wharton I don’t mind missing out, however why not take garner as he can cover multiple positions and if Anderson gets injured, is Mainoo a good enough second option, for me no
Palmer and Foden I get why they’ve been dropped, but then take MGW on form.
Not taking Trent is outrageous, when you’ve taken Djed spence who’s known for being a gimp
Tino Livramento is not good at anything apart from recoveries, competent at most things but doesn’t excel, shouldn’t have been picked as he’s been out