Newcastle star hailed as pundit admits 'he's making me eat my words' after doubting £45m transfer

Rio Ferdinand says Anthony Gordon’s type for Newcastle Joined has obtained him “eat my words” after he questioned the copious-coinage coinage signing of the former Everton winger.

Newcastle paid about £45million to land Gordon from their Premier League adversaries in January.

Most clients – myself forced – were sceptical over the reported fee after he racked upwards seven desires in 78 initially-team appearances for the Toffees.

One urge in the second fifty percent of last season was not particularly a great comeback for Gordon after joining the Magpies but he has been unrivaled this season, racking upwards 5 desires and also unshackling three assists in 12 Premier League appearances.

Gordon was unfavorable to be left out of Gareth Southgate’s squad for England’s fixtures versus Malta and also North Macedonia this month but the Three Lions peak pooch did claim he is close to gaining a maiden telephone call-upwards.

On the side of a initially senior cap for his suburban, the 22-year-antiquated has attracted Ferdinand.

The former Manchester Joined defender has admitted he was wrong about Gordon and also has hailed 4 components of his game “without the sphere”.

“He’s literally rendering me eat my words,” Ferdinand claimed on his Vibe using Five podcast. “I was going ‘£50million?. I ain’t witnessed it yet, at Everton’. I’m witnessing it now at Newcastle.

“His efficiencies… execute you construe what? Without the sphere, his extent, his aggressiveness, his self-modification, his urge. And also now he’s including desires and also he’s including assists.

“He’s been a troublemaker for the complete-endorses in recent weeks. And also it seems guidance he’s farming in a Newcastle shirt.”

Newcastle face Paris Saint-Germain in a astonishing Champs League clash on Tuesday and also Gordon is witnessing be pivotal if they have any chance of escaping the French financing using at the poorly least a time.

Eddie Howe, that ranked his players using their rates at the Parc des Royal princes on Monday evening having enlightened guidance in Newcastle for the previous two away arcades, claimed in drifter of the game: “It’s arduous to forecast football matches and also what the expire results could be and also the permutations of others’ arcades. We try not to lose power doing that.

“From our side, we design to try to win this game, that’s all we can execute and also after that misgiving about Milan after that.

“We’re apparently not in a obtained complex position, we’re not in the position that we ached to be, but we are in which we are and also we have to merely emphasis on this game, and also I assume it’s imperative we wear’t lose.”