Bayern Munich back Anthony Gordon move as key transfer condition emerges

Bayern have already offered Gordon terms

Per our prior reporting, Anthony Gordon has already been offered a five-year deal with the Bundesliga giants.

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As things currently stand, Bayern are still over £20m away from what the Magpies are looking for.

**“My colleague, Ben Jacobs, has now also confirmed that there is an agreement with the player, and the fee is looking closer to £75m [€86.5m]. It’s a little less than the £80m we discussed previously, but it’s still too much for Bayern Munich,”**Christian Falk continued.

“This will be the key point now. Max Eberl has to bring the transfer fee closer to what Bayern are prepared to pay. At the beginning, they were thinking of €60m [£51.9m], but that won’t be enough.

“Perhaps they could make things work with add-ons attached or by spreading out the transfer over a number of years.

“Regardless, the big decision was that Bayern will go for Anthony Gordon. They want him this summer. If it works, perhaps they won’t need additional transfers.”

This could be a make-or-break issue for Max Eberl, certainly so given that it could impact subsequent business the club would like to conduct this summer.

For instance, there’s still the ongoing question of the right-back position. Though Konrad Laimer has proven to be a more than astute option, nothing demonstrated the gap between PSG and Bayern more than the availability of arguably the world’s leading right-back, Achraf Hakimi.

Depth, likewise, was a noticeable concern for Kompany’s side. In that respect, Gordon would have been a much-welcome solution at a time when Serge Gnabry was out injured, and both Lennart Karl and Jamal Musiala themselves are still recovering.

Bayern Munich and Max Eberl have a lot of work to do this summer.

And they won’t be able to simply blitz the window to make that next crucial leap forward.