Frank Lampard has informed Chelsea that it’s too late to signal Anthony Gordon and that the winger is staying at Goodison Park.
Chelsea submitted one provide for Gordon and the Everton supervisor had set his former membership a deadline to place in an improved bid for the 21-year-old and it has handed.
Asked if he would take into account doing enterprise now, he replied: “No, Anthony is too important a player. It is too late.”
Lampard, who had all the time needed to maintain Gordon, has been delighted together with his angle and performances after he scored in Everton’s attracts with Brentford and Leeds.
He declared he’s “very confident” Gordon will keep, including: “You saw the reasons why in the last two games, He is a very good player and will get better and better. In the bigger picture, he has an affiliation with the fans. The interest in him is because he is a top player and why we are so keen to keep him.”
Lampard additionally mentioned Everton are “getting closer” to re-signing Idrissa Gueye from Paris Saint-Germain, explaining: “We are hopeful it will happen.”
Everton may transfer for an additional ahead within the final 48 hours of the switch window, with Lampard saying: “We will see. We are not desperate.”
Lampard has purchased Neal Maupay however he was unable to make his debut at Elland Road as, regardless of being registered with the Premier League at 4pm on Friday, he was not eligible as a result of Monday was a financial institution vacation.
He added: “It is just interesting we signed him on the Friday afternoon and because of bank holiday weekend he isn’t able to play on Tuesday night so I wasn’t aware of it until late. I am not sitting here telling the Premier League what to do but if you sign a player on Friday, who gets bank holidays off any more? I don’t. You look at it and think it is the Premier League, the best league in the world. Maybe it is a quirk that will get changed.”
Source: www.impartial.co.uk
