{"id":786090,"date":"2026-09-29T06:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786090\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T06:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:42:16","slug":"anthony-gordon-makes-new-claim-on-newcastle-exit-to-barcelona-i-was-never-respected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786090\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Gordon makes new claim on Newcastle exit to Barcelona – ‘I was never respected’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Gordon has impressed at Barcelona since joining the La Liga champions from Newcastle United this summer\"Anthony<\/p>\n

Anthony Gordon left Newcastle United for Barcelona in the summer(Image: ITV Sport)<\/p>\n

Former Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon believes his talent was ‘never fully respected’ in England – which meant he wanted to move away from the Premier League. Gordon has enjoyed an impressive start to life at Barcelona.<\/p>\n

The England international joined Barca in a \u00a369million deal from the Magpies<\/a> earlier this summer. The forward made his competitive debut for Hansi Flick’s side in August against Elche and impressed in a 5-2 win.<\/p>\n

Gordon<\/a> registered two assists for the La Liga champions with three more across games against Rayo Vallecano and Valencia. The winger has quickly become a fan favourite – helping his team win all seven of their league games so far this season.<\/p>\n

The attacker has continued that form during the international break – scoring in Saturday’s 3-2 defeat to Spain at Wembley Stadium in the Nations League.<\/p>\n

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And Gordon has now spoken to ITV Sport<\/a> on his return to England – and why he believes he was seen differently in English football’s top-flight compared to Spain’s.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI think I\u2019ve become a different player in a lot of people\u2019s eyes because I always felt in England, people respected me because I was fast and I pressed but they never actually respected the quality and IQ that I play with.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly the players I play with ever seem to notice that. I think now that I\u2019m at Barcelona and I play a different style, those qualities are highlighted much more and people are actually starting to take notice that I\u2019m not just quick.<\/p>\n

\"Anthony<\/p>\n

Anthony Gordon has impressed since moving from Newcastle to Barcelona. (Image: Alex Caparros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cI think in England it was never really respected because people just see me as really quick and really aggressive. Whereas in Spain I think they really appreciate my IQ and quality because in Barcelona, if you\u2019re not technical, if you\u2019re not smart, you\u2019re going to stand out like a sore thumb.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if people in England are appreciating him more now, the 25-year-old said: \u201cI think they\u2019re starting to. I still think it can happen more but they\u2019re starting to because they see me play for Barcelona in a different style of football where maybe those qualities are highlighted more.<\/p>\n

\u201cI played for Newcastle who were a really intense running team so the attributes of running and aggression were always on show. Now, I play a whole opposite style of football where my other qualities can show.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Asked if you have to go away sometimes to be appreciated, he added: \u201cYeah – and that was kind of what I wanted, if I\u2019m honest. I wanted to leave the Premier League. I wanted a different experience and I wanted exactly that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like I had more than what people thought of me and I wanted to show that on the world\u2019s biggest stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gordon is likely to next be in action on Tuesday night for England’s Nations League clash in Czechia (7:45pm).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Gordon has impressed at Barcelona since joining the La Liga champions from Newcastle United this summer Anthony…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[46085,218,2806,2998,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-786090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-anthony-gordon","tag-football","tag-newcastle-united-fc","tag-newcastle-united-fc-transfer-news","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}