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This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement.<\/em><\/p>\n Newcastle have told suitors, including Arsenal, that they will need to pay at least \u00a380m for Anthony Gordon.<\/strong><\/p>\n Reports had initially placed the England international\u2019s asking price at around \u00a375m, but The Athletic<\/em> have confirmed the Magpies will demand slightly more than that figure.<\/p>\n The main reason that Gordon\u2019s valuation will remain high is due to the 15% sell-on clause that was agreed with Gordon\u2019s previous club, Everton.<\/p>\n While the Gunners are seeking to add a left winger to the squad, The Athletic<\/em> say that the 25-year-old\u2019s price tag could \u201cprove prohibitive\u201d despite the player being a \u201clong-term\u201d target for manager Mikel Arteta.<\/p>\n It is believed that Bayern Munich will present the biggest challenge to Arteta\u2019s team in securing Gordon\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n Chelsea are also in the mix, but they are not in a position to make a move right now due to the lack of a permanent head coach.<\/p>\n Liverpool, meanwhile, have been ruled out. The Reds did try to sign Gordon in the summer of 2024, but they are not expected to revive their interest this summer.<\/p>\n Get an Emirates Stadium tour from Red Letter Days here<\/p>\n Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia would be plenty of people\u2019s first choice, but the Georgian would likely cost too much, and he is not expected to leave PSG.<\/p>\n Some surprise names, such as Ajax\u2019s Mika Godts<\/strong> and Sporting\u2019s Maxi Araujo, have been mentioned as possible targets in recent days, but it is up for debate whether they would be upgrades on what Arteta already has.<\/p>\n Read more about the Arsenal First Team Squad for 2025\/26 here<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Arsenal will have 2 main rivals for the forward<\/h2>\n
Gordon is not the only winger being targeted<\/h2>\n
Some fans would baulk at the thought of spending \u00a380m on the Newcastle star, with many feeling that there are better options on the market. Sporting director Andrea Berta<\/strong> may end up agreeing with that sentiment.<\/p>\n