A deal that would see Anthony Gordon move to Chelsea is “absolutely not happening” as it stands with Frank Lampard revealing Everton have set a deadline by which point the issue must be resolved.
The Blues rebuffed an official £45m bid for the 21-year-old earlier this month but Chelsea’s interest has persisted. That has not stretched to a rumoured £60m bid, Lampard confirmed on Friday.
Speaking with less than a week of the transfer window to go, the Blues boss described the academy graduate as one of the best young players he had worked with and stressed that, while he remained an Everton player, he had full confidence in Gordon being able to ignore the speculation over his future and perform to his best.
