Newcastle United’s decision to sell Elliot Anderson gets even more painful by the day.
Anderson scored a late equaliser as Nottingham Forest denied Newcastle United a victory in the Premier League on Sunday.
Leaving Newcastle United has certainly agreed with the midfielder, who has established himself as a leading Premier League star and an England international since.
That was the first time he’d ever scored against Newcastle and the Forest fans revelled in that fact.
Anderson hailed as “Geordie Maradona” by Forest fans
As per BBC Sport, the home fans at the City Ground chanted “Geordie Maradona” at Anderson as he left the field of play.
As if his emphatic goal from a reasonably difficult angle wasn’t enough of a reminder of his quality, the fact that the nickname coined during his days on the books at his boyhood club was repeated back to Newcastle fans is brutal.
Anderson has been called the ‘Geordie Maradona’ by Newcastle fans, after it first emerged during his loan stint with Bristol Rovers back in
Anderson praise is a painful reminder of Newcastle’s major mistake
While the messaging has long been that Newcastle United were forced to sell the midfielder in 2024 because of the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR), it doesn’t ring completely true.
Though it is true those rules effectively promote the idea of selling academy players, it wasn’t exactly a stipulation that Anderson was sold.
Newcastle still actively decided to cash in on him rather than one of their established stars at the time. Hindsight is a wonderful gift and there’s no sense in being too wise after the event, but it’s worth pointing out.
Clearly, Newcastle regret selling Anderson. What’s worse is that he now seems bound for the very top, and the prospect of bringing him back to the club appears to be increasingly remote.