Alan Shearer Exclusive: Gordon to Barcelona is good business for Newcastle

I'm not upset that Gordon is leaving

Good luck to Anthony Gordon, I am not upset that he is leaving as no player is bigger than the club.

I think Newcastle have been scarred by the Isak situation and can never be put in that situation again. I mean, clearly, Anthony Gordon wants to leave so, I guess Newcastle's thoughts are, well, if that is the case, we get what we can for him, and then we start and plan, and never be put in that same situation again.

Is it enough of a fee? I think it's a good deal for both. I think it is for both parties, for Anthony and for Newcastle. Clearly, he wants to leave. The manager hasn't played him for the last five or six weeks.

I think there's a part of.. you'd never want to be bitten twice, like they did last summer. Whether they could have got more for him, I don't know. I guess the timing is right now so they can plan. And if that's the case, and it suits Newcastle, it's the right deal and it's the right timing then, yeah, it's fine. If it's £70million or whatever it is, then they've made a healthy profit on him.

Transfer is good deal for all parties

I know he's scored goals this season, mostly in the Champions League.  He  got six league goals, three were penalties. But there's no doubt there's talent there, but if there's talent there that's not fully into it then you have to let them go and they have done. I think it's a good deal for both parties. The quicker the deal was done, the better so Newcastle could plan and move on.

I'm not upset at all that he's leaving. I guess when a player wants to move and has made it clear his heart's not in playing for the club anymore, that's fine, you do what's best for the football club.

No one's bigger than the club, so it's a good deal for Newcastle, first and foremost, and it's a really good deal for Anthony Gordon, so, good luck to him. You thank him for what he's done. I think he has, without doubt, split opinions with his time at Newcastle. But yeah, good luck to him. I've got no issues.

I'm surprised Barcelona are paying £70m

I'm surprised though that Barcelona are paying £70million for him, plus add-ons because I didn't think that Barca had that type of money. I mean, although maybe they're playing a smart game, and they've now got that money to spend. What they now do with Marcus Rashford is a question, whether they have both Rashford and Gordon, I don't know.

I thought that it was more Bayern Munich that Gordon would go to, because there have been that many rumours about the German side. But Barcelona have come in late and yeah, I was a tad surprised that they could get that amount of money together, albeit you don't have to pay all of it up front, it's over the length of the contract.

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