Jags..class
Player Valuation: £70m
Hope he back soon, miss watching him play.
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...what did Strachan say during the game - 'watching is the best form of coaching'. Great to see young Ross taking games in. He's still learning and will be picking things up from the boys in this form.
domingo77
Player Valuation: £500k
Know exactly what you mean, something about when he picks up the ball just past half way, back to goal, turns and drives at floudering defenders, just makes your heart leap.
toffee matt
Player Valuation: £60m
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/22/manchester-city-ross-barkley-homegrown-everton
Guardian who are usually very reliable linking him to city for 30 million
#worried
Guardian who are usually very reliable linking him to city for 30 million
#worried
BoysInBlue
Player Valuation: £50m
It's in every single paper tomorrow.
Man City have briefed the press as to who their target is next summer, encouraging them to print it in an effort to unsettle Barkley.
Seen this so many times before. Blatantly obvious what's going on.
They've had zero encouragement and Barkley signed a new 4 year contract 2 months ago.
You couldn't get any less encouragement, so they're basically pulling the Rooney-esque dirty tricks now.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
and certainly not for a paltry 30m!
Why on earth if as they say we asked for that much quoted 50m, would we accept 30m next close season. Smoke and mirrors as we saw last close season on here.
ultra
Player Valuation: £15m
City must be panicking about their ageing non-English squad, so have resorted to Man Utd-like tactics to try and unsettle Ross. They have briefed all the papers tonight but it will not succeed, in my opinion:
1. Ross aint ready to go anywhere else for some time yet.
2. £30m would just about buy a few of his toes.
1. Ross aint ready to go anywhere else for some time yet.
2. £30m would just about buy a few of his toes.
Why would Everton sell Barkley now for only 30m. We got almost that amount for Fellaini.
The price will be in excess of 40m and goodness knows when that will be.
The price will be in excess of 40m and goodness knows when that will be.
zirc
Player Valuation: £40m
Don't worry mate.
The Hairy Splinter
Player Valuation: £500k
Right after the season-ticket money is in.
BoysInBlue
Player Valuation: £50m
I love how the media run this story immediately AFTER Martinez does a press conference.
No time for Martinez to respond immediately. Possibly after tomorrow night's game, but most likely at Thursday's pre-Derby briefing.
In the meantime, this story gets to linger in the media for a few days, unchallenged.
Adds pressure on to Barkley, the lad's twitter will be getting bombarded etc.
This is the whole game they're playing. This is how they wear him down. This is similar in style to what happened with Rooney. Dirty tricks, because they know the lad is settled.
All of this 'City have done extensive checks on him and his lifestyle'. So disrespectful to Everton and even to Barkley himself.
No time for Martinez to respond immediately. Possibly after tomorrow night's game, but most likely at Thursday's pre-Derby briefing.
In the meantime, this story gets to linger in the media for a few days, unchallenged.
Adds pressure on to Barkley, the lad's twitter will be getting bombarded etc.
This is the whole game they're playing. This is how they wear him down. This is similar in style to what happened with Rooney. Dirty tricks, because they know the lad is settled.
All of this 'City have done extensive checks on him and his lifestyle'. So disrespectful to Everton and even to Barkley himself.
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