Not looking to get into personal attacks on the kid, but just from the football side:
The current version of Gordon on the pitch is worth nothing remotely close to £45m. Those saying Newcastle are getting a bargain are implying that he will eventually be worth not just £45m but much more (what £60m, £75m, more?). But for that to be true he'd have to make such massive leaps of improvement as to be virtually a totally different player. I mean, he'd at least have to become a significantly better player than say, Richarlison.
But the gap from where he is now to that level is huge. Absolutely huge. Frankly, there are plenty of players out there from all over the world who are at least roughly equivalent to where Gordon is now with similar levels of "potential" who would get you laughed out of the room if you suggested they were worth £45m today. But he's English, so he's looked at differently.
Maybe he really is that special. Maybe he will be the one out of many that makes the leap to a world-class superstar, but I just can't see the evidence of it.
Really happy with that deal for us.
Of course we'll screw up spending it, but that's a different problem altogether.