{"id":342,"date":"2026-02-28T01:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/?p=342"},"modified":"2026-02-28T01:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:52:12","slug":"anthony-gordon-arsenal-target-75m-summer-move-for-newcastle-forward-paper-talk-and-football-transfer-gossip-football-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/?p=342","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Gordon: Arsenal target \u00a375m summer move for Newcastle forward &#8211; Paper talk and football transfer gossip | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>The top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday&#8217;s newspapers&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Premier League<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Arsenal will target<strong> Newcastle <\/strong>forward<strong> Anthony Gordon <\/strong>this summer &#8211; and they hope to land him for \u00a375m &#8211; <em>The Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Newcastle <\/strong>are looking at <strong>Brighton&#8217;s <\/strong>Netherlands goalkeeper <strong>Bart Verbruggen<\/strong> and <strong>Manchester City&#8217;s <\/strong>English stopper <strong>James Trafford<\/strong>both 23, as they target finding a long-term successor for England international <strong>Nick Pope<\/strong>33 &#8211; <em>The I<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Newcastle <\/strong>are also watching <strong>Union Saint-Gilloise<\/strong> winger <strong>Non-Empty<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mauricio Pochettino<\/strong> has refused to rule out a return to <strong>Tottenham<\/strong> after the World Cup &#8211; <em>Daily Express<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester United<\/strong> could end up paying almost \u00a316m in compensation to <strong>Reuben Amorim<\/strong> and his coaching staff after their dismissal last month &#8211; <em>The Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea<\/strong> made a financial loss of \u00a3355m in the 2024-25 season, according to new data released by UEFA , the biggest deficit ever recorded by an English football club &#8211; <em>The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"f61c9c57-0e2e-42a5-b942-99d315b3ae37\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/api.condatis.sky\\\/auth\\\/video\\\/token&quot;,&quot;tokenRequired&quot;:true,&quot;fetchMethod&quot;:&quot;url&quot;,&quot;fetchOptions&quot;:{&quot;encoded&quot;:true},&quot;headers&quot;:{&quot;X-SkyGDP-Proposition&quot;:&quot;sportweb&quot;,&quot;X-SkyGDP-Territory&quot;:&quot;GB&quot;,&quot;Authorization&quot;:&quot;OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=&quot;}}\" data-caption=\"Back Pages Tonight discuss Chelsea's financial loss in the 2024\/25 season.\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-component-name-alias=\"ui-sitewide-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_f61c9c57-0e2e-42a5-b942-99d315b3ae37\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"49\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-sport-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"DESF5xFjJ\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"\" data-sdc-id=\"7176225\" data-sdc-video-id=\"f61c9c57-0e2e-42a5-b942-99d315b3ae37\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"videoplayer\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:f61c9c57-0e2e-42a5-b942-99d315b3ae37\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"\" data-defer-source=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"\" data-autoload=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>              <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/768x432\/skysports-chelea-todd-boehly_7176237.jpg?20260226230307\" alt=\"STAMFORD BRIDGE TODD BOHLEY\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/768x432\/skysports-chelea-todd-boehly_7176237.jpg?20260226230307 600w,https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/1600x900\/skysports-chelea-todd-boehly_7176237.jpg?20260226230307\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><br \/>\n              <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-loader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <\/span><\/p>\n<p>              <video id=\"id_f61c9c57-0e2e-42a5-b942-99d315b3ae37\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-video\"\/>\n            <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>              <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">Back Pages Tonight discuss Chelsea&#8217;s financial loss in the 2024\/25 season.<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Manchester United&#8217;s <\/strong>net transfer spending has been the highest in Europe over the last five years, UEFA calculations show <em>&#8211; 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