Anthony Gordon may have played final Newcastle game as Eddie Howe issues fresh transfer update on Bayern Munich-linked attacker

Newcastle United caput manager Eddie Howe has admitted that Anthony Gordon whitethorn person played his last crippled for the nine amid reported involvement from teams including Bayern Munich.

The 25-year-old attacker is allegedly open to a caller challenge present that Newcastle are incapable to suffice for adjacent season’s Champions League.

The Magpies are presently languishing successful 13th spot successful the table, 2 points down rivals Sunderland and 13 points adrift of the apical 5 heading into their last 2 league fixtures.

Ahead of Sunday’s brushwood with relegation-threatened West Ham United, Newcastle’s last location lucifer of the season, Howe addressed speculation surrounding Gordon’s aboriginal astatine a property league connected Friday.

Gordon has been linked with Premier League leaders Arsenal and Liverpool successful caller months, but it is understood that Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich are starring the contention for his signature.

A caller study claims that Gordon has agreed a woody successful principle to marque the determination to Bavaria this summer, with Newcastle demanding a interest successful the portion of £75m.

Howe hints astatine Newcastle exit for Gordon amid Bayern ‘agreement’

Gordon has not featured successful Newcastle's past 4 matches and has been an unused substitute for the past 2 of those since recovering from a hep injury.

Howe was asked by reporters if helium was not utilizing Gordon due to the fact that of uncertainty implicit his future, and helium replied: "When you get to this signifier of the season, portion of what we volition beryllium doing we'll beryllium looking to adjacent year, naturally, truthful yes.

"Anthony's conscionable travel backmost from injury. I deliberation the squad has played good successful his lack and with a partial presumption to the future, yes."

Responding to speculation implicit a imaginable transportation for Gordon to Bayern, Howe added: "No, nothing, nary updates from me. These are discussions that perchance mightiness beryllium happening, but not with me."

According to Sky Sports News, Newcastle and Bayern person a bully narration and the German giants, managed by Vincent Kompany, person been keeping tabs connected Gordon since the crook of the year.

Gordon's agents person besides been spotted successful Barcelona, but it is understood that nary nonstop interaction has yet been made betwixt the Magpies and the La Liga champions.

Gordon volition lone play vs. West Ham “if it's the close happening for the team”

As things stand, it remains to beryllium seen whether Howe volition prime Gordon successful his starting lineup against West Ham; Joelinton began connected the near flank successful Newcastle’s 1-1 gully astatine Nottingham Forest last weekend.

"If it's the close happening for the squad - and I enactment the squad and the nine supra immoderate idiosyncratic - past I would play him, of course,” Howe said erstwhile asked if helium would prime Gordon if helium needed to.

Gordon, who inactive has 4 years remaining connected his declaration astatine St James’ Park, is Newcastle’s apical scorer this play with 17 goals successful 46 games crossed each competitions.

The erstwhile Everton youngster has made a full of 152 appearances for Newcastle since arriving successful January 2023, and helium was a cardinal portion of the squad that won the EFL Cup past season.

Gordon is besides a 17-cap England planetary and is thought to beryllium a beardown contender to gain a spot successful Thomas Tuchel’s last squad for the 2026 World Cup, which volition beryllium announced connected May 22.