{"id":301363,"date":"2023-12-04T06:24:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T06:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301363"},"modified":"2023-12-04T06:24:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T06:24:15","slug":"anthony-gordon-is-leaving-everton-coaches-and-simon-jordan-red-faced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/anthony-gordon-is-leaving-everton-coaches-and-simon-jordan-red-faced\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Gordon is leaving Everton coaches and Simon Jordan red-faced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ten Hag defends under-fire Onana ahead of Newcastle v Man Utd<\/h3>\n

Newcastle star Anthony Gordon is proving his former Everton coaches wrong as he continues to show he can realise his huge potential. Gordon scored his sixth goal of the Premier League season in the Magpies\u2019 1-0 victory over Manchester United.<\/p>\n

His desire to get on the end of Kieran Trippier\u2019s low cross allowed him to tap home the only goal of the game. But there have been many people who have worked with the winger who believed his mentality would prevent him from reaching huge heights.<\/p>\n

Former Everton boss Rafa Benitez revealed that academy coaches within the Toffees set-up felt that his mindset did not match his talent. “I was talking with the coaches in the academy and my assistants and then he went to Preston on loan,\u201d the Spaniard told Sky Sports in January.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said we know he has the talent, but maybe not the mentality. The boy told me, when he was in the national team U19s he was one of the best players, but he wasn’t going to the U21s because they didn’t see how hard he worked.<\/p>\n

“He was confident that the way he was training was working. He played 12 games in total with us and he was doing well, I am really pleased to see him progressing. He has to improve some parts of his game – he knows that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gordon is now proving those doubters wrong despite a tricky start to his Newcastle career. The 22-year-old had to be reminded about his discipline by Eddie Howe soon after joining from Everton at the start of the year.<\/p>\n

It is not just his former coaches who Gordon has proved wrong. It is pundits, too, with talkSPORT\u2019s Simon Jordan insisting that the England U21 starlet\u2019s attitude was \u2018not right\u2019. Speaking with Danny Murphy, Jordan said: \u201cI get the vibe that Anthony Gordon\u2019s attitude isn\u2019t right and has not been right for some time.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Danny said, he hasn\u2019t been on the pitch very much, and that might tell you something. I think there is a feeling that his attitude hasn\u2019t been right since perhaps Chelsea first came in for him. It\u2019s an unpalatable situation, but it\u2019s the reality of the modern-day footballer, who grows up through your academy but times get tough and you don\u2019t fancy it because a better opportunity comes your way.<\/p>\n