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Barcelona vindicated for Marcus Rashford snub with Anthony Gordon ‘next level’ in one attribute

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Anthony Gordon is a huge upgrade for Barcelona on Marcus Rashford in one crucial department. That’s the assessment of European football expert Andy Brassell, reflecting on Gordon ‘s highly productive start to life with the LaLiga champions . Gordon has started Barcelona’s last three games Getty Rashford became just the sixth English player to win LaLiga, and the first to do so with Barca Getty Gordon joined Barca from Newcastle in June, with the Blaugrana opting not to make Rashford ‘s title-winning loan spell from Manchester United permanent. And the 25-year-old is already thriving for Hansi Flick’s side, notching four assists in his first two games – including two in a 25-minute substitute appearance on his debut against Elche last month. Gordon looks to be worth every penny of his £70m transfer fee so far, and Brassell puts him above Rashford in an area of key importance to Flick. Gordon excels at ‘vital’ aspect of Barca’s game Speaking exclusively to talkSPORT, he said: “It’s clear

First report: Anthony Gordon joins two Premier League legends in history books as England star lays on ANOTHER assist for Barcelona — thesun.co.uk, 8d