Caught Offside
Chelsea have reportedly been keen on signing Everton winger Anthony Gordon this summer. Still, he is a key part of the Toffees squad and completing a deal this summer will be incredibly difficult, especially with time running out.
Everton boss Frank Lampard has warned Chelsea that he wants a verdict on the 21-year-old’s future and has set a deadline by which any deal must be completed.
“We have drawn a red line,” Lampard told reporters, as quoted by Sky Sports.
“It is very difficult. I got asked last week, ‘will he be here at the end of the window?’ It was an impossible question to answer, really. But I am working to try and put a squad together.
“There absolutely has to come a time where we understand what the squad is going to be, especially a player of the level of Anthony.
“I won’t say where it [the cut-off point] is, but I think you understand I am getting very close to it…
