Simon Jordan thinks Everton should snap Chelsea’s hand off for Antony Gordon after reports they are preparing a £60m offer.
The Blues already had a £45m bid knocked back last week but fresh reports today claim that Chelsea are now ‘prepared’ to pay £60m to land the Everton youngster.
Gordon would apparently be interested in pursuing a move to Stamford Bridge and it remains to be seen whether Everton will accept an improved offer.
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But former Crystal Palace chairman Jordan is clear in his mind what Everton should do, he told talkSPORT: “Sell him. Sell him, cash in on him. Brighton took £62m for Cucurella. If Chelsea are stupid enough to be the latest incarnation of Johnny Splattercash, let them pay for him.
“Go get the 60 million quid, get it on the nail. I think most Evertonians will look at that with a degree of disappointment but realise it’s good business – but we want it spent back in the team.”
Jordan added: “It is getting into the territory of significant levels of money, which make it almost ridiculous. This player is not a £60m footballer. If you are going to get £60m for him and you’d going to make Chelsea pay it on the money, on the nail, without paying it on the drip, which they tend to do as a matter of course, then bang you’ve got come power to be able to go out there yourself.
“But what they’ve got to do is they’ve got to do it now because they’ve got ten or nine days to finish this transfer window off, they need to be able to utilise that money. It doesn’t need to burn a hole in their pocket, so everyone can take it off them with inflated prices for anyone they want to buy, but they need to get the deal done.
“And if the player wants to go, let him go.”
Jordan continued: “He can go to Chelsea and he can potentially, potentially, if he believes this is his opportunity, he can sit in the same position as people like Steve Sidwell and Danny Drinkwater sat in. Because there is no given, he hasn’t learnt his trade yet, he hasn’t earnt the opportunity for 60 million quid.
“But Todd Boehly and his team, and I’ve been critical of Gary Neville pushing back on the argument that he makes, but if they are so desperate to spend ridiculous amounts of money then you’d be bloody foolish not to take it.”
On the price tag, Jordan added: “Anthony Gordon for 60 million quid?! What?! I mean Haaland went for 51m quid, ok…
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