Dietmar Hamann believes Tottenham should use the fact Anthony Gordon supported the club as a boy to lure him to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Spurs chiefs were reportedly one step away from signing the 23-year-old from Newcastle 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 Spurs players are understood to have been aware of the interest.
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.
The winger has spoken publicly about the rumours, telling the media to “leave him to enjoy” his football. A goal celebration, ironically against Spurs’ rivals, earlier this season was aimed at the press to silence the rumour mill.
However, that has not stopped former Spurs midfielder Hamann from naming him as a potential target for Ange Postecoglou. He told BestOffShoreSportsbooks: “There have been reports that Anthony Gordon was a Tottenham fan growing up and, although Harry Kane 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 Tottenham are looking at. If he did grow up supporting Tottenham, 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.”
