Newcastle teen who’s ‘like Mbappe’ could take the #10 shirt from Gordon

Newcastle United have the welcome distraction of the Champions League in midweek.

In Europe’s elite competitors, the Magpies are two wins from three, with eight objectives beneath their belt. In stark distinction, Eddie Howe’s males are struggling badly within the Premier League.

Their horrendous run of kind has seen them safe solely three victories from ten, resulting in Toon icon Alan Shearer labelling the scenario for the time being as “rotten.”

Whereas they could now be with out Alexander Isak, numerous their key established gamers are but to essentially hearth, together with the out-of-sorts Anthony Gordon.

Why Anthony Gordon is changing into a problem for Newcastle

Gordon’s topsy-turvy kind sums up Newcastle’s present predicament in a nutshell.

Certainly, the England worldwide has hammered house 4 Champions League strikes this season and has checked out ease on the most important of membership phases. Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel has even chosen him to start out frequently this time period.

That stated, domestically, he has been in a horror run of kind that stretches again into 2024/25. So far, he has zero objectives and assists subsequent to his identify from seven Premier League outings. He has additionally created simply two huge probabilities throughout these fixtures.

Normally so inventive, so dynamic and so free-flowing, the winger’s kind has completely abandoned him within the top-flight.

There’s a stale really feel within the air concerning Newcastle’s stalwarts, such because the ex-Everton attacker, as they proceed to underperform, with Howe maybe now prepared to take a look at the youth starlets rising by way of the ranks at St James’ Park to repair numerous his points.

How Newcastle might remedy their Gordon downside

To this point this season, Howe has chucked Lewis Miley into the primary staff combine right here and there to freshen issues up centrally, with the homegrown prodigy nonetheless solely 19 years of age.

This certainly bodes effectively for the likes of Sean Neave, who continues to tear up the Premier League 2 along with his goalscoring prowess. The Newcastle-born teenager has bagged 29 objectives throughout many various youth groups, but a senior shot nonetheless evades him.

Alfie Harrison – who was beforehand on the books of Manchester Metropolis – may even be hopeful of a senior alternative shortly, with the difficult 19-year-old maverick already as much as 4 assists for the season in Premier League 2 motion, as he continues to stay out as a vibrant Gordon-like expertise.

But, one other teenager is catching Howe’s eye who might actually hassle Gordon’s first staff safety, with the 18-year-old in query even being wildly in comparison with Kylian Mbappe.

Certainly, the time now feels proper to introduce the hotly-tipped Seung Soo-Park to first-team soccer.

Having joined the Magpies academy ranks from South Korean facet Suwon Bluewings earlier this 12 months, with a number of hype hooked up to his identify, he appears to be like prepared and raring to make an influence beneath Howe’s wing.

Park would develop into the youngest participant within the historical past of Korean league soccer when he made his senior debut for Suwon, with one objective and two assists coming his method in Korean League 2 motion even leading to his Suwon head coach Byun Sung-hwan lauding him as having the “skill to go to the very prime” along with his front-foot strategy down the left wing.

Additional hailed as being “much like Kylian Mbappe” by Asian soccer skilled John Duerden for his pace and skilful strategy down the flanks, the hope will probably be that Park can explode onto the senior scene very similar to the world-class Frenchman managed, with promising shows coming his method for Howe and Co in pre-season.

Up towards Espanyol, Park ended his vibrant 63-minute stint with three out of 4 of his dribbles coming off, main additional to journalist Charlie Bennett lauding him as a “actual discover” from South Korea.

Whereas Park continues to impress behind the scenes – with two assists additionally subsequent to his identify within the Magpies youth set-up this season – Gordon is deep in a second of disaster within the Premier League, along with his lacklustre displaying towards West Ham culminating in Howe bringing him off on the half-time mark.

The beforehand talked about Bennett even stated on the shut of the Hammers’ defeat that Gordon is “not undroppable” – and with Anthony Elanga nonetheless with out a objective or help himself in league motion after a bumper £55m transfer – Park would possibly effectively be the outside-of-the-box reply to their troubling woes.

Gordon could be in possession of the quantity 10 shirt proper now however this budding Newcastle prodigy appears to be like prepared to start out his ascent to stardom and swipe it away from him within the coming years.