According to a report from Sport Bild journalist Christian Falk, Bayern Munich was left confused and disappointed by Anthony Gordon’s sudden change of heart:
The problem with the Anthony Gordon transfer was that Bayern Munich held very concrete talks. There was an agreement with the player and agent side and Bayern, and in the talks, Gordon told the bosses that he’d love to join Bayern Munich and that they’d be his club. So, Bayern thought they had the Englishman’s word.
As we know, that is not how
it played out at all. FC Barcelona took advantage of Bayern Munich’s not being able to close a nearly deal and stole Gordon away:
Bayern didn’t want to offer as much money as other clubs and tried to pressure Newcastle to slightly lower the asking price. The idea was €60m [£51.7m]. Max Eberl wasn’t allowed to bid more. The thought was if the player only wants Bayern and Newcastle have to sell, perhaps they would adjust the price a little. But then they heard that Anthony Gordon was talking up Barcelona as his dream club. So, that’s why FC Bayern were really disappointed, as he told them the same thing! They’re not angry that the deal didn’t happen, as it was Bayern Munich’s decision not to bid €80m [£69m] or more – that was their decision. But they did think things could have panned out differently, given they thought they had Gordon’s word.
While this does not change much about what we knew, it does paint Gordon and his representation in a little bit of a worse light.
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