Anthony Gordon

[FCBarça]

Get in!

 

[Bedfordblue]

If that's true then quite frankly that's incredible

Like physio isn’t telling the manager this biff has one foot out the door already!

Anyway thought the window didn’t open until 15th June or something?

 

[HKContractDave]

Can't work out his accent there

 

[neil999]

Hearing him respond to fans with Gracias already kills me

Wait till he pulls out the 'mucho gracias'

 

[Amokachi1995]

Selling him got us out of a big financial hole at the time. Interested to see how he gets on at Barca. Will always think of him as a massive bell who bottled it when he played against us.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

I don't think you can say he's failed

On the basis of his PL stats declining but accept in the CL he stood out.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Hope they know to keep him away from those Catalan Pyrenean horses, given the Geordies’ track record with equines.

 

[Billy Dean]

Very good Spanish. He must’ve been learning for a while

 

[Carlito]

Can't say I saw this one coming, but he's got all the attributes that top sides look for in a wide forward.

Pressure will be on if he doesn't start burying his chances right away, though.

 

[Tin-Tin]

Like physio isn’t telling the manager this biff has one foot out the door already!

Anyway thought the window didn’t open until 15th June or something?

Im 100% sure the physio didnt think he was ever going to get to Barca. Im sure its something many players have said, very rare it becomes a reality.

He's a bit of a d**k but I think he will go up levels and become a top top player. Good on him for making the effort to learn Spanish.

 

[Runub]

Very good Spanish. He must’ve been learning for a while

Yes not bad but they speak Catalan in Barcelona. He’s already upset the independence movement

 

[Charro]

He’s a good fit for the way Barca play these days but I think he lacks the technical ability to be a success over there.

Players who aren’t technically great can be found out very quickly at a club like Barca.

 

[FCBarça]

I already confessed how little I knew of player apart from his visible footballing strengths but seems a good kid too and I really respected the authentic way he expressed the maturation he credits to his former club and how it was like a family for him - so much more a natural fit for our club then I would’ve guessed tbh

Might seem like confirmation bias but I sensed a good lad even earlier in the season in those post CL interviews - his effusive praise/respect for Barça and clear respect and admiration for Marcus Rashford was something I distinctly remember being impressed by at the time. I didn’t think anything more of it other than fair play to the lad for his candor - clear there was something more already at that point and I believe this was a specific Flick request, no doubt buoyed by facing them in CL. Of course, anecdotally I am curious the story behind his blinking tic

His signing interview, he spoke to how late Barça showed interest in him which highlighted he was already down a contract path with a different club (Uli’s). It’s a good interview on YouTube

 

[jazzy]

I'm astonished that Barca think he's good value but good luck to him.

Well done to the lad speaking what sounds like pretty fluent Spanish in his first interview.

 

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