Barcelona reach agreement with Anthony Gordon on personal terms as €70m first offer made | OneFootball

It appears that things are moving very swiftly as far as FC Barcelona’s pursuit of Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon.

As reported just a while ago, Barça are edging closer to securing the signing of the 25-year-old England international. And, it now seems that another major step has been taken towards achieving that.

Total agreement over personal terms

Indeed, according to Fabrizio Romano, Barcelona have reached a total agreement with Gordon over personal terms.

Coming to Barcelona. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

With an agreement with the player settled, direct club-to-club negotiations are now taking place between the Blaugrana and Newcastle to finalise a fee for the transfer.

The reason why Barcelona are moving so fast is that they wish to close the operation without leaving any room for Bayern Munich and other interested clubs from the Premier League to make a swoop for the former Evertonian.

€70 million offer made

Building on top of that, journalist Juli Claramunt of Jijantes FC now claims that Barcelona have already sent their first offer for Gordon to Newcastle United.

The La Liga champions have tabled a proposal worth €70 million (~£60 million) to secure the England international from the Premier League side.

Recent reports had suggested that Newcastle United were holding out for a fee of £75 million, so there may still be some work to be done before a total agreement between the two clubs can be finalised.

But, given how fast things are moving, it will not be a surprise to see Deco & co. close the deal in the next few hours.