Koeman: "Barkley looking for a new challenge"

[longers]

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino was non-committal when questioned over a potential move for Everton’s Ross Barkley.

However, when speaking to ESPN about the 23-year-old’s situation, Pochettino simply replied “we’ll see”.



For what its worth, not a chance he leaves us for any team "below us", but thats not confirming anything IMO, I guess you take it how you want it.

This is the first time he has commented on Barkley and saying 'we'll see' is an obvious sign of their interest, doesn't mean they will sign him but obviously means they are interested and considering it.

Prior to that quote we only had the papers saying they were interested.

You don't reply 'we'll see' if you have no interest in signing a player.

 

[ToffeeTim]

This is the first time he has commented on Barkley and saying 'we'll see' is an obvious sign of their interest, doesn't mean they will sign him but obviously means they are interested and considering it.

Prior to that quote we only had the papers saying they were interested.

You don't reply 'we'll see' if you have no interest in signing a player.

Spurs will only sign him if we're willing to give him away for about 3m tho.

 

[bluestevon]

Spot on mate.

That is the nub of it. A club allows that situation to occur on a prized asset. FFS, that is criminal.

Can at Liverpool.
Sanchez and Ozil at arsenal
Herrera at United

Ereksen at spurs last summer

All one year left going into contract talks mate.

So basically that's the rs, arsenal, United and spurs who have done the same thing on prized assets.

 

[davids]

EFC is a business and Ross a major asset of that business. Every effort should have been made 2 years ago to convince Ross to sign to protect that assest from dramatic depreciation completely irrelevant of what was happening on the pitch.
It doesn't appear that was done and if so, from a purely business perspective, the club have messed up here.

Two years ago Martinez was filling his head with unicorns,along comes a manager who tells him straight were he needs to improve his game,and here we are.

 

[jceverton]

Its only opinion of course...in my opinion our 'second most valuable asset' would be on the team sheet and be playing 90 minutes every week. And he's ceretainly not been acting like an 'asset' ....an 'asset' would treat his very generous employers a lot differently.

I'm not condoning his behaviour. I think he should show some loyalty and stay at the club. However the club can't control what the player does, it can only act in the best way to protect its assets. That in my opinion means offering a deal a lot earlier than 18 months before the contract is due to expire.

 

[jceverton]

Yes mate I know that. At this stage it's pointless but I was responding to the idea that their would be uproar if he did hand one in.

I can't see anyone coming in with a valuation close to what we want mate. Think we're either gonna get royally done over or let him rot. If that's the options I'd rather we chose the latter.

The one advantage that we do have this summer is that if he has a desire to play for England he needs to be playing, otherwise he looses out on a World Cup and I don't know a player who would want that.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

I'm not condoning his behaviour. I think he should show some loyalty and stay at the club. However the club can't control what the player does, it can only act in the best way to protect its assets. That in my opinion means offering a deal a lot earlier than 18 months before the contract is due to expire.

Trouble is you don't know for a fact an effort to get him to commit wasn't attempted earlier. Personally I feel since the Gosling affair the club have been very efficient and prompt in ensuring players are presented with extensions in good time, and I'd be surprised if some approach to open negotiations much earlier was not attempted. But that's just my assumption like you I have no concrete facts to go on. We're both just guessing and creating our own story to suit our preformed views. It's ultimately a futile exercise.

 

[jceverton]

Trouble is you don't know for a fact an effort to get him to commit wasn't attempted earlier. Personally I feel since the Gosling affair the club have been very efficient and prompt in ensuring players are presented with extensions in good time, and I'd be surprised if some approach to open negotiations much earlier was not attempted. But that's just my assumption like you I have no concrete facts to go on. We're both just guessing and creating our own story to suit our preformed views. It's ultimately a futile exercise.

There were plenty of stories in the papers and quotes from Koeman that indicated that we didn't start discussing a contract until well into last season.

 

[dion]

The next Jeffers. He will be toilet.

 

[jceverton]

The next Jeffers. He will be toilet.

The difference is that Jeffers was messed up by Walter Smith and his love of cortisone injections. Nearly finished Ball off as well.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

There were plenty of stories in the papers and quotes from Koeman that indicated that we didn't start discussing a contract until well into last season.

But the quotes didn't conclusively say that no attempt was made on Everton's part to open negotiations earlier, we simply do not know enough to make cast iron judgements. It's all based on supposition and hearsay, and sparse 'facts'. Not enough for me personally to begin charging the club with incompetence. When facts are so thin on the ground it is human nature to fill in the gaps with a narrative which only serves our own biases.

 

[jceverton]

But the quotes didn't conclusively say that no attempt was made on Everton's part to open negotiations earlier, we simply do not know enough to make cast iron judgements. It's all based on supposition and hearsay, and sparse 'facts'. Not enough for me personally to begin charging the club with incompetence. When facts are so thin on the ground it is human nature to fill in the gaps with a narrative which only serves our own biases.

We can only go on what is in the public domain. I think there's enough there, particularly when you take into accounts the information that was coming out about Lukaku as well. We'll have to agree to differ on our information required standards

 

[Steve Wigan]

I'm not condoning his behaviour. I think he should show some loyalty and stay at the club. However the club can't control what the player does, it can only act in the best way to protect its assets. That in my opinion means offering a deal a lot earlier than 18 months before the contract is due to expire.

'a lot earlier than 18 months' is ridiculous....you are virtually suggesting that once a contract is signed the negotiations should immediately start on the next contract. 18 months is the norm, as other posters have suggested. The only 'prized asset' worth trying to secure for longer was Lukaku, and at least he said soon enough that he wanted to leave. Effectively Lukaku pushed for the negotiations to start as soon as he announced he wanted to go. Barkley has apparently said zilch until very recently.

 

[Runcornblue52]

The difference is that Jeffers was messed up by Walter Smith and his love of cortisone injections. Nearly finished Ball off as well.

Bit controversial that mate .......

 

[evertony]

That should never happen. With lesser talent who wont make such a dent into club finances it might be forgivable. But this lad is family silver and my suspicion is that there was no attempt by the manager to keep Barkley beyond the end of this season and therefore the club didn't act earlier and forcefully enough to tie him down. Basically the club officers and board have been weak. Now the club lose out on at least £20M-£30M in fees on Barkley....and could get nothing still if Barkley sees out this contract here.

Gross irresponsibility.

I heard "wants a new challenge" actually means 'may well find life outside of Merseyside better for his general well- being'....nothing to do with the DutchOverlord.