Barcelona are interested in a move for Newcastle United’s Anthony Gordon but are unwilling to pay the Premier League club’s asking price for the winger.Newcastle are seeking a fee in the region of €80m (£69.3; $93.2m) for Gordon, 25, who head coach Eddie Howe said was being left out of his matchday squads at the end of the season because he was “looking at the future”. Barcelona have made contact with Gordon’s representatives about a potential move.Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick and sporting director Deco are admirers of Gordon, who they see filling the role played by Marcus Rashford this season. Rashford, 28, spent the campaign on loan from Manchester United, registering 14 goals and 14 assists in 49 appearances, with Barcelona holding a €30m option to buy.The Catalan side have yet to decide whether to take up that option but believe a deal for Gordon, despite involving a higher fee, could end up having a similar financial impact to Rashford due to the former Everton man’s lower salary demands and their willingness to offer him a longer contract, due to his age, enabling them to amortise the cost of his transfer fee over a longer period.The Athletic reported last month that Bayern Munich and Chelsea were interested in Gordon, who signed an improved Newcastle contract in October 2024. Arsenal have also tracked the England international long-term but it remains to be seen how highly he figures on their list as they seek to bring in a left-sided forward this summer. The feeling from around Newcastle is that Bayern have been leading the race to sign Gordon, but the German club are also not willing to pay €80m and are considering other options in that area of the pitch.Newcastle had also held negotiations with Liverpool in the summer of 2024 over a potential £75m move that would have seen centre-back Joe Gomez head in the other direction, though a transfer did not materialise. “It didn’t happen,” Gordon told reporters last year. “I had to get my head around that to begin with and then to get my head around it again was hard.”Gordon has made 46 appearances in all competitions this season, starting in 36 of those despite initially struggling with hip problems at the start of the campaign. He registered 17 goals, including 10 in 12 Champions League games, and five assists, rotating between his usual position on the wing and up front.The Englishman was called up to Thomas Tuchel’s March squad and made his 17th England appearance in a friendly against Japan. He was then named in Tuchel’s 26-man World Cup selection earlier this month.He has made 152 appearances for Newcastle since joining the club from Everton in January 2023 for an initial fee of £40m.Additional reporting: Seb Stafford-Bloor and George CaulkinMay 27, 2026Connections: Sports EditionSpot the pattern. Connect the termsFind the hidden link between sports terms