{"id":1091,"date":"2026-05-05T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:00:45","slug":"concrete-offer-lodged-for-arsenal-liverpool-target-amid-barcelona-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/?p=1091","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Concrete&#8217; offer lodged for Arsenal, Liverpool target amid Barcelona &#8216;summit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich have made a \u2018concrete\u2019 offer to sign Liverpool and Arsenal target Anthony Gordon from Newcastle United this summer, according to Sky Germany reporter Florian Plettenberg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool<\/strong> and <strong>Arsenal<\/strong> have both been heavily linked with moves for the England international amid rumours that he is open to leave St James\u2019 Park this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon has contributed 17 goals and four assists for Newcastle this season with his form catching the eye of several clubs in the Premier League and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Amid rumours that Gordon is \u2018open\u2019 to a move elsewhere in the summer, <strong>Newcastle boss Eddie Howe commented last month<\/strong>:\u201dI discuss things with players all the time. I don\u2019t necessarily address transfer speculation unless it gets to the point that I feel I have to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter I had the chat with Sandro (Tonali), the biggest thing I look for is the commitment to training. That will be the same with Anthony (Gordon) and every player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t play a player if I don\u2019t think they are 100% committed to the club and its future. I have to do what I think is right for the team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MAILBOX: Man City \u2018bottlers\u2019 as Arsenal fans promise to be \u2018insufferable\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlayers who are high-profile like they are here, they\u2019re in the news all the time for loads of different reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to adapt to it and try to play to your best level with the noise around you. I don\u2019t think any player can use that as an excuse towards performances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Revealing Bayern Munich\u2019s interest in Gordon in mid-April, Plettenberg wrote on social media:\u00a0\u2018FC Bayern are seriously considering a move for Anthony #Gordon. The 25 y\/o is currently the preferred candidate for the left wing as a back-up and competitor for Luis D\u00edaz. Gordon has been informed. Concrete talks have already taken place, though the clubs are not yet in contact. #NUFC want to keep him.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0b629b85ba2abe5ff39df9829ee5fb57\" image-id=\"mcfca39Lu3HK\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And now Plettenberg is back again to reveal that Bayern Munich have now \u2018presented\u2019 Gordon\u2019s team with \u2018concrete figures\u2019 ahead of a potential summer transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Plettenberg wrote on <em>X<\/em>: \u2018Despite interest from other top clubs, FC Bayern have now presented Anthony #Gordon and his camp with concrete figures. Gordon could sign a five-year contract at Bayern.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The main issue remains an agreement with Newcastle \u2013 not with the player. Bayern have clear limits. Eberl\/Freund are therefore in talks with several candidates. #NUFC.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Man City throw away title in second half; they\u2019re even worse than Chelsea!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sport<\/em> journalist Carlos Monfort posted a video on X of Gordon\u2019s agents visiting Barcelona and claimed that they were holding a \u2018summit with Deco\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u2018The blaugrana sporting director met last Saturday with the agents of the British left winger. Option, for now, very complicated, although the player is highly regarded.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>&#x1f4a3; DECO SUMMIT WITH THE AGENTS OF ANTHONY GORDON!<\/p>\n<p>The Bar\u00e7a sports director met last Saturday with the agents of the British left winger.<\/p>\n<p>Option, for now, very complicated, although the player likes it a lot, as he has progressed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexpintanel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@alexpintanel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>+ info one <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sport<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iJoQFa22DR\">pic.twitter.com\/iJoQFa22DR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carlos Monfort (@monfortcarlos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/monfortcarlos\/status\/2051421338502328534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Anthony Gordon\u2019s \u2018preferred destination would be Bayern Munich\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Former Man Utd chief scout Mick Brown \u2013 who is still well-connected in the Premier League \u2013 insists that Bayern Munich is Gordon\u2019s \u201cpreferred destination\u201d over Liverpool and other Premier League clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Brown told <em>Football Insider<\/em>: \u201cBayern Munich would be a very good destination for Gordon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of all of the clubs interested, like Liverpool and Chelsea, his preferred destination would be Bayern Munich, it seems that\u2019s the one he wants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe would do well in German football, and it would allow him to take that step away from the pressure and focus on him in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pace of the game is slower as well, which might suit him and allow him to find a bit of consistency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis performances for Newcastle and England have been up and down, so going over to Germany is a real possibility for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019ll already know players in the squad, Harry Kane for example with England, so that won\u2019t be a problem for him adapting to the change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: Big Midweek: Bayern Munich v PSG, Arsenal, Unai Emery, Chris Wood<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '1399787394855675');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><script>\n        !function(e,n,t){var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)(0);e.getElementById\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich have made a \u2018concrete\u2019 offer to sign Liverpool and Arsenal target Anthony Gordon from Newcastle United this summer, according to Sky [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}