Dietmar Hamann believes Liverpool should use the fact he supported the club as a boy to lure Anthony Gordon to Anfield.
Toon chiefs were reportedly one step away from reluctantly offloading the 23-year-old to the Reds last year. The Magpies found themselves in a sticky PSR situation ahead of the June 30 deadline.
Selling Gordon was considered as the nuclear option and, according to the Daily Mail, his head was turned while on England duty. The links were so serious that Trent Alexander-Arnold is understood to have taunted Gordon with a “He’s coming home” chant in the Three Lions camp.
As it happened, Newcastle instead offloaded Elliot Anderson and Yankuba Minteh to crawl over the PSR threshold. Gordon penned a lucrative six-year contract months later worth a reported £150,000 per week.
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The winger has spoken publicly about the rumours, telling the media to “leave him to enjoy” his football. A goal celebration, ironically against Liverpool, earlier this season was aimed at the press to silence the rumour mill.
However, that has not stopped former Toon and Reds midfielder Hamann from naming him as a potential Arne Slot target. He told BestOffShoreSportsbooks: “There have been reports that Anthony Gordon was a Liverpool fan growing up and, although Mohamed Salah cannot be replaced, you need to look at players who can influence games.
“At the moment, I would look at Gordon and Jarrod Bowen as two brilliant wingers in the Premier League. Gordon had a tough start at Newcastle but has now won the fans over. Newcastle are probably reluctant to let him go because he’s their most important player with Alexander Isak.
“I love watching him and he’s certainly another player Liverpool are looking at. If he did grow up supporting Liverpool, people in England are very very connected to their first clubs and I know that from having players at Liverpool who were Everton fans growing up. When it comes to transfers, it could be a deciding factor.”
