Newcastle has agreed to buy Anthony Gordon from Everton in a deal worth up to £40 million.

Gordon missed three days of training as negotiations continued and had wanted the move.

Chelsea was previously interested in Gordon as well, who has struggled this season.

Everton has hired Sean Dyche as manager after Marcelo Bielsa passed on the job.

Bielsa was first choice, but he didn't want to take over until the summer as he didn't want to take on a relegation battle.

Dyche has been out of work since being sacked by Burnley in April.

Anthony Gordon failed to report for training with Everton as he attempts to expedite a transfer to Newcastle.

Newcastle have made an initial enquiry about signing the player this month, but sources have said the club will not meet Everton's £60 million asking fee for the transfer of the highly-rated forward.

Everton rejected two offers of £40 million and £45 million from Chelsea for Gordon last August.

Gordon has had a difficult season with Everton, scoring just three goals in 18 appearances. 

Tottenham Hotspur has agreed to a loan move with Villarreal for Arnaut Danjuma.

Bournemouth initially expressed interest in Danjuma before a deal with Everton looked close.

Danjuma has scored 22 goals in 51 appearances for Villarreal since his move from Bournemouth in 2021.

Newcastle are increasingly confident they will beat Chelsea to sign Anthony Gordon of Everton.

Gordon reportedly prefers a move to Newcastle.

Talks have been intensified over the weekend as it is believed that Everton is prepared to sell Gordon. Over the summer, Newcastle's £35 million offer was rejected by Everton.

Marcelo Bielsa is the preferred candidate to become manager of Everton. The club is in a relegation battle after firing Frank Lampard.

Bielsa has reservations about the state of the club as they have also fired six permanent managers in just under seven years. 

Bielsa is not the only candidate under consideration by the Everton board. There has been contact with representatives of former Burnley manager Sean Dyche, who is available, and the West Bromwich Albion coach, Carlos Corberán, who worked with Bielsa at Leeds, is also of interest.

Everton has fired Frank Lampard as manager after losing 11 out of their past 14 matches.

Everton fans again protested against the owner Farhad Moshiri, chairman Bill Kenwright and the board after Saturday’s 2-0 loss at West Ham.

Everton have since slipped to joint bottom of the league with the club’s lowest points tally at this stage of any Premier League season.

Lampard replaced Rafa Benitez in January of last year.

Moshiri, has sacked six managers in almost seven years and is seeking the eighth permanent manager.

Everton has rejected an improved bid from Chelsea for Anthony Gordon.

Chelsea initially offered £40 million and then improved the offer to £45 million ($54 million).

Chelsea will now decide whether to make a third offer for England under-21 winger Gordon, who has previously attracted interest from Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United.

Sources have told ESPN that Everton value Gordon well in excess of £50m but would prefer to keep him given they have already lost Richarlison to Tottenham this summer.

Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte admitted they enjoyed their touchline bust-up after both managers were issued red cards at the end of a contentious 2-2 draw.

The pair had to be separated twice by staff and players.

The pair had to be separated twice by staff and players following both of Spurs' equalisers, the first from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg cancelling out Kalidou Koulibaly's 19th-minute opener. After Reece James appeared to give the home side a precious victory with a low drive in the 77th minute, Harry Kane drew Spurs level again in the sixth minute of added time.

Conte celebrated Hojbjerg's goal in the direction of Tottenham's travelling support, but also towards the Chelsea dugout.

Tuchel appeared to be irate that Conte refused to look him in the eye during their handshake, triggering another spat that ended with referee Anthony Taylor showing each manager the red card.

Asked whether he enjoyed the intensity of the rivalry, Tuchel said: "Yes and I think he enjoyed it as well. It was nothing bad. I don't have any bad feeling and I'm sure he will not have. We fought for our teams and it happens. It's so close here and it was such an intense match ... both dugouts are very close, so it got a bit heated from both of us.

"I just compared it to two players who had a bit of fight on the field and nothing happens. Nobody gets injured and the players, if you have a hard tackle or fair tackle, if you don't go and apologise, there's no need.

"Both of us were fighting for our teams. That was it, nobody got insulted, nobody got hurt, we didn't have a fist fight or something."

Conte said in response: "I think that what happened we did enjoy [it], but next time we will pay more attention and don't shake the hands and we solve the problem.

"He stays in my bench, I stay in my bench, with my staff on one side and no problem about this. It would be a pity if for this situation we miss the next game."

Everton has rejected a £40 million ($48 million) bid from Chelsea for Anthony Gordon.

Gordon has also received interest from Tottenham and Newcastle. 

Thomas Tuchel believes Gordon could fill one of the three attacking positions in his 3-4-2-1 system.

Everton are continuing to insist the 21-year-old is not available for transfer, and Chelsea will now consider whether to make an improved offer.