Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon has insisted he never wanted to leave St James' Park after a summer of intense speculation over his future.
When Newcastle needed to raise money to avoid financial penalties, Liverpool have agreed a deal worth £75 million To sign the former Everton youngster would have seen Joe Gomez move in the opposite direction for £45m, but Newcastle eventually stopped him when sales of Elliott Anderson and Yankuba Minté raised the required funds.
Gomez insisted recently He had no desire to leave Liverpool Over the summer, and now Gordon, who has seen the uncertainty continue for several more weeks, has hit back at claims he wants to leave Newcastle.
“I've heard a lot of talk this year about my future, where I'm going, where I want to go without anyone actually asking me,” Gordon said. Sky Sports News.
“Just leave me to play football, I just want to be happy, play football. I like it here (at Newcastle), I've said it many times. I think with speculation, people assume it's all true when I've never heard from me that I'm unhappy.” In this place, I love everyone here, and I love playing football here.
Gordon reaffirmed his love for Newcastle once again, and admitted that the constant speculation had negatively affected his performance.
“It took me away from enjoying my football this year, and I think that's where the inconsistencies come from, because I got stuck in that a little bit,” he admitted. “But I just want to play football, especially for Newcastle.
“I'm only 23 years old. All I heard was, 'When is he leaving?' Who said I was leaving? I'm very happy here, I love this place, I love playing football here and I think Bruno (Guimarães) and Alex (Isak) are thinking the same thing.
“But we're all young, we're all human, so if people talk about it, it kind of questions our character. It's hard.”
