I understand what Alexander Isak is going through – Anthony Gordon | OneFootball

Anthony Gordon has been talking about the Alexander Isak situation.

The United winger saying ‘I understand what Alex is going through’ at this moment in time.

Anthony Gordon admitting that to deal with the PSR £50m+ shortfall that had to be sorted by 30 June 2024, Newcastle United had ‘explored’ the possibility of selling the former Everton winger to Liverpool.

Instead, they managed to sell Yankuba Minteh and Elliot Anderson to Brighton and Forest respectively on 30 June 2024.

No PSR pressures in summer 2025 for Newcastle United but seemingly a possibility of Alexander Isak going to Liverpool…

Anthony Gordon interviewed by Craig Hope for The Mail – 1 August 2025:

Last summer, Anthony Gordon was Alexander Isak.

‘I understand what Alex is going through,’ says the England winger, talking to Mail Sport from here in Seoul. ‘What I can say, for me, is that it’s been an absolute pleasure to be out of the transfer speculation for a summer! It’s the first time in about three years! It’s been so easy, so mentally refreshing.’

We can sharp change that?

‘No, no! Keep me out of it! I’m not linked to any clubs and I’m very happy where I am. I’m enjoying my football again.’

Twelve months ago, Newcastle explored the sale of Gordon to Liverpool in a desperate attempt to avoid a Premier League points deduction by breaching profit and sustainability rules.

The move, however, did not happen. Alternatives, in the form of Elliot Anderson and Yankuba Minteh, were sold instead for a combined £65m. Gordon returned to Newcastle and, as I was told then and throughout the season, Eddie Howe and his staff had to work hard to get him ‘back in the building’. I put that notion to him here in the South Korean capital.

‘It’s true, that was the case,’ he says. ‘I would never lie. It was difficult for me because one, I had the Euros, which was horrendous for me mentally. I was there, I wasn’t playing.

‘Then I had the transfer stuff. With PSR, I thought I was going to leave at some point in the window. It didn’t happen. I had to get my head around that to begin with (thinking he was going), and then to get my head around it again (when it didn’t happen) was hard.