It was a deal that should have shut down any speculation about Gordon's future, which had been running wild in the summer.

Anthony Gordon's sizzling form almost feels like a side show to the main event that is Alexander Isak. But if Isak is Newcastle United's headline act, Gordon is more than a respectable supporting artist at the moment. The Scouser has now netted four goals in the last four matches and is just two goals away from double figures. He is bang in form.

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe was pleased after their 3-0 win against Wolves on Wednesday night. Alexander Isak (2) and Anthony Gordon struck the goals for Newcastle on the night. Howe said afterwards: "We had to be patient and we had to play a different way slightly.

Eddie Howe said Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak will be given the freedom he needs to keep up his remarkable goalscoring form.

It is perfect Howe. Peak Howe. While everybody else revels in a heady, joyous ride, he is fiddling with the seatbelt, checking and double-checking, a meticulous, detail-obsessed head coach who readily admits he is motivated by “the fear of tomorrow”. One day, that safety harness will be needed, but not now. Not yet.

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It is now over 38 months in the job for Eddie Howe. November 2021 saw the former Bournemouth boss appointed by Newcastle United. A lot had happened since Eddie Howe arrived, inheriting a totally demoralised not high quality squad,