Anthony Gordon's Newcastle exit complicated by asking price

It's probably safe to say that the chances of Anthony Gordon being a Newcastle United player next season look pretty slim at this point.

For the last year, Gordon's Newcastle future has been a source of much speculation, and in all honesty, the winger has played like someone with his head elsewhere on many occasions this season.

The fact that Gordon has been so inconsistent and is still our top scorer this season tells its own story, although many of Gordon's goals have come from the penalty spot and the majority of them have been in the Champions League, as his Premier League form has been woeful.

There likely won't be many tears shed if he is to depart in the summer, as a large portion of the Toon Army have become disillusioned with the former Everton man.

Bayern and Newcastle are still miles apart on valuation

However, a summer move may not be so easy to achieve as Newcastle still rates the England international very highly and therefore wants to make sure they receive what they deem to be a fair price, especially as Everton will be entitled to a cut of the profit from his sale.

Bayern Munich lead the race for Gordon's signature, it seems, even though recent reports that he had agreed terms with the German champions were premature at best.

The Daily Mail's Craig Hope has reported today that Bayern and Newcastle are still miles apart on valuation. Bayern have a tight budget and are only willing to offer £60 million for Gordon, whereas Newcastle have set their price at £75 million, and given David Hopkinson's insistence that any sales will be on our terms, they aren't likely to budge.

There's interest in Gordon from the Premier League, and they know that English clubs will pay the fee for an England international with Premier League experience, so Newcastle hold the cards here; it's just going to be a waiting game.

Gordon wants to play for Newcastle 

Hope claims Gordon wants to leave on good terms and wants to play again this season, but Eddie Howe looks to be more focused on players who want to be at the club, and we can't really blame him for that.

If only he'd made this call months ago when it became clear that Gordon wasn't interested in playing for Newcastle. We could all see it, but Howe was adamant that he was fully committed, and Gordon tried to tell us that himself, too, but nobody was buying it.

As we've said before, we rate Gordon as a player, not as highly as he rates himself, mind. His biggest problem is his ego; he thinks he's better than he is, and ironically, that tends to make him play worse than he's capable of.

We're not sure how he sees himself fitting into Bayern's starting XI, but that will be their problem. We'll use the money we get from his sale to replace him with someone who wants to be here.