Waddle explains why Arsenal left Anthony Gordon to Barcelona

No deal was done, though, and Gordon has stepped out of his professional comfort zone. Quizzed on whether he is surprised that top-flight teams in England did not pose greater opposition to Barcelona’s big-money agreement, Newcastle legend Waddle — speaking in association with NewBettingSites.uk — said: “I think he was linked with Arsenal, probably for that left-hand side because they've not really had anybody fixed out there.

So, Martinelli and whoever, they've not really got that position and thought, ‘I'm going to have that shirt, that's my shirt’. Saka probably has on the right. Arsenal were looking probably at a cheaper option of saying, ‘we're not paying whatever, 80, 70, 60 million’.

They were looking at a lot less than that, I think.” Waddle added that Barcelona’s move felt sudden. “It's come out of the blue, that move, whether they were impressed when he played the two games against Barcelona, whether they saw something there that they were interested in.

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