Everton boss Lampard: Gordon never close to Chelsea move

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2 Sep 2022 • 11:41 PM MYT
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Everton boss Frank Lampard insists he was always confident keeping Anthony Gordon this summer.

Gordon was the subject of a £40m bid from Chelsea, who were reportedly considering a second offer after the first was rejected.

The Everton academy graduate, 21, has scored two goals in his last two games and manager Lampard says he is pleased to keep the forward.

"We are happy," he said on Friday.

"I was pretty cool about it all the way through because, from the early days of the talks, I was very understanding of where we wanted it to go," added Lampard.

"It never got close to happening and that is great because it has shown where we are coming from and it shows where Anthony is mentally as a player.

"We move on."