Anthony Gordon reveals Marcus Rashford talks ahead of Barcelona move - 'Really looking forward to joining up with them'
Published 07/06/2026 at 17:37 GMT+1
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Anthony Gordon has revealed that he has held talks with fellow England international Marcus Rashford about his move to Spanish giants Barcelona from Newcastle United.
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Gordon completed a £69.3 million move from Newcastle to the Catalan giants in May and will join up with his new club after the World Cup.
Manchester United’s Rashford was on loan at Barcelona last season, although the Liga champions have yet to exercise their £26m option to make the move permanent.
Both are on international duty ahead of the World Cup, and Gordon spoke about the advice he had been receiving from Rashford after England’s 1-0 victory over New Zealand in their penultimate warm-up game.
”He was just telling me how good the lads are there, the team spirit that they have, which I heard already from the people in Barca,” Gordon told talkSPORT.
”So I'm really looking forward to joining up with them. He was also telling me about the city, places to live.
”He's a lovely guy, very caring. So he was just giving me a bit of information.”
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Gordon described the time since his transfer was confirmed as ”a bit of a whirlwind” but also added that it has been ”the best two weeks I’ve ever had for me and my family”.
But the 25-year-old insists he will not be resting on his laurels and has vowed to make a strong impact and help deliver trophies for Barcelona.
On his move, he said: ”It's been really good because I've told them from a very young age, I said in my interview, that I would get to this point. But they were saying to me, congrats and stuff and this and that.
”I'm not satisfied at all to just play for Barcelona. I want to win everything. This is where my career begins in my mind. So I'm at the stage I always said I was going to be.
”Now I need to get to the next level again.”
Gordon ‘on track’ for return to full fitness
Gordon missed Newcastle’s last six Premier League games, the first two through injury before he was an unused substitute in the last four as it became clear he was nearing a Tyneside exit.
And that raised fitness concerns ahead of the World Cup.
However, the midfielder is confident he is close to getting back to where he needs to be.
”I think even when you have two days off football, you feel like you never played a game,” Gordon continued. ”It's crazy. You lose your touch, you lose everything. So not playing for a couple of weeks was difficult, but I've trained really well.
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”I was fitter than I thought in that game [the 1-0 win over New Zealand]. I'm on track really well, really. It's difficult because the pitch was dry. So even getting your touch right and just getting used to that was tough.
”But we got there, still thought we created some chances. We haven't played together for a while. So it's just getting back in that rhythm.”
England take on Costa Rica on June 10 in a final warm-up game before their first World Cup group game against Croatia on June 17.
Thomas Tuchel’s side then face Ghana on June 23 and Panama on June 27.
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