'If Gordon wants to go, let him go and get it done early'

Anthony Gordon's future needs to be sorted "very quickly" to avoid another Alexander Isak saga this summer, says former Newcastle defender John Anderson.

Gordon has been linked with a move away from the Magpies and after head coach Eddie Howe hinted about the forward's departure this month, it is looking increasingly likely that he will exit once the season is over.

After last summer's transfer saga where striker Isak refused to rejoin the Newcastle squad for pre-season as he felt the club were "breaking promises" by not letting him join Liverpool, Anderson believes Newcastle will do better this time around.

"That was never, ever going to happen again; they were never going to allow that situation to arise again," Anderson told BBC Radio Newcastle.

"If Anthony Gordon wants to go, let him go. Get it done early, stop messing about and don't get ourselves into a situation last year where you're waiting and waiting and waiting and all of a sudden it happens at the last minute and you're chasing your tail trying to get players in.

"Is he going to be here next season? No, the answer to that question is no. He's going to be elsewhere, where that will be we do not know but it needs to be sorted out very quickly come the end of the season."

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