Anthony Gordon has Lee Carsley's England backing in international media round-up
IT's fair to say Anthony Gordon's England future looks a lot brighter under interim Three Lions boss Lee Carsley than it did under former boss Gareth Southgate.
The Newcastle United winger made just one appearance for England at Euro2024, with Southgate reportedly 'miffed' by two incidents at the tournament involving Gordon this summer.
They've come to light over the recent international break, with Gordon sending a perfect response to his former international boss. Here's a look at what the national media have been saying about Gordon over the past week.
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'New life breathed into Anthony Gordon'
Andy Dunn of the Mirror said: "Anthony Gordon’s last significant contribution to Gareth Southgate ’s England tenure was to crash his electric cycle at speed while making a video of himself. Oh, and then have a good laugh about it while also suggesting England, under Southgate, were a bit predictable.
"If they had ever been on - and, bear in mind, he had only played for five minutes of the campaign at that point - the wheels came off Gordon’s European Championship after he went head-first from his bike into a gag-a-minute media appearance. Southgate liked the odd laugh but, presumably, did not take kindly to a spot of slapstick mid-tournament. If Southgate’s departure was good for any English player’s international prospects, Gordon might have been that player, although it has to be remembered he was selected for the Euros - ahead of the likes of Jack Grealish and Marcus Rashford - in the first place.
"But Lee Carsley has long been a Gordon champion, the Newcastle United attacker having been the Player of the Tournament when England won the under-21 Euros under the current interim senior boss in 2023. Perhaps Carsley likes Gordon’s cockiness. Perhaps he likes his over-confidence."
'Why Southgate was 'miffed' with Gordon'
Craig Hope of the Daily Mail said: "Anthony Gordon fell off his bike during the European Championship in Germany, and so England's hopes of finding top gear were duly punctured. Gareth Southgate did not use the winger again. It was said he was miffed by both the crash - Gordon was using his mobile phone - and the player then telling the media that England's style was too predictable.
"It did not take a genius to decode Gordon's meaning - play me, I'll make us unpredictable. But it did not take a genius, either, to realise he was exactly what England did need.
"In his five minutes against Slovenia in the final group game - remarkably, his only involvement of the tournament - he broke both the lines and the tedium of England's play. If it was an audition, he had landed a more prominent role. Two days later he flew over his handlebars and Southgate, to the detriment of the team, decided to keep the stabilisers on during the knockout rounds.
"There were two great frustrations in Germany this summer - delayed trains and Gordon sitting on the bench. At least Deutsche Bahn did delay repay. England, by contrast, will forever be counting the cost of not using the one player who could have got them up to speed."