“I wasn’t too focused on that because I can only control what I can control.” Anthony Gordon reveals true about is failed Chelsea transfer price

Anthony Gordon was the target of two Chelsea offers during the summer, but he is now working once more for Everton without knowing if the Blues will make another move for him.

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This summer’s attempts by Chelsea to sign 21-year-old Anthony Gordon were a clear example of many dynamic aspects of the transfer market. The readiness to invest more than £45 million (despite an Everton demand for more than £60 million) is evidence of how the environment has changed.

For what the Toffees paid for Gordon’s head this summer, Chelsea was able to purchase Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas. Breaking transfer records has become the norm, and spending £69.5 million on another 21-year-old, Wesley Fofana, might be seen to be good business.

Gordon’s unsuccessful move, which he was eager to make, also emphasises the value put on in-league movements for players in the top level as well as the additional expense required for English players. Thomas Tuchel first developed a respect for Gordon after seeing him play twice against his own team in person. It was ironic that Callum Hudson-Odoi, a player with perhaps greater talent and similar experience, wasn’t being played.
Everton eventually relented after it became clear that Frank Lampard was unwilling to part with their homegrown hero and Todd Boehly had prioritised other striker possibilities. Now that he has spoken, Gordon has expressed his own opinion regarding the money and the interest involved, telling the Evening Standard: “That’s football nowadays – it’s totally ridiculous.”

Gordon hasn’t discussed the bids since the summer, and he thinks they’re excessive not just for him but for all players. He continues, “Personally, I don’t think any player is worth that amount of money, but I’m also not going to talk myself down. The money in football, that’s just how it is nowadays. You’re also paying for potential all the time these days. That’s just how football goes.
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I wasn’t too concerned about that because I can only influence what I can.

In the quest for the “next Kylian Mbappe” or Erling Haaland, young players are expected to be at world-class levels in their late teens and early 20s, an unreasonable expectation that drives up prices, the England Under-21s winger makes a valid point about potential.

Although the value of getting a high-class young player comes in their growth and longevity, Gordon doesn’t think transfer values help a player at all. In Boehly’s first transfer window as manager, he sanctioned more than £50 million of funds on teenagers alone, and that went up to £110 million on players aged 21 or under.

“I believe there is only one way you can go once you do that [think he is a £60 million player].” Keep your head in the sand. Don’t look too far ahead; instead, concentrate on today and tomorrow. That is a fundamental aspect of football. That speculation will always exist when you’re successful.

He is now tasked with helping Everton to a much better season and must turn his attentions back to club football and get over the initial disappointment of a career-defining transfer being stopped. Since the interest went quiet, though it is anticipated that Chelsea may well venture back in for Gordon, he has failed to score after getting two in as many games during the initial stages of the transfer.

It’s never been a situation where I’m upset because I have to stay, he continued, “since the place [Everton] is so good. I never felt compelled to quit Everton. Undoubtedly, that was not the case.