Don't think this sounds like a guy who wants Ross to leave...
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...done-everything-possible-to-keep-ross-barkley
"I can understand for the players that it's a difficult situation, but football is also sometimes a business," Koeman told Sky Sports after the match.
"You know if you have players in the team who go into the last year of the contract, you need to do business.
"I still hope that he will sign that good offer which the board made, and that he will continue. We did everything. The board did everything with the offer they made for him.
"I spoke to the player, I can't do more. He needs to decide his future is. In Everton or away from Everton," Koeman added.
"I don't know [what he will decide] at the moment. The reason why it takes so long is maybe that the player will doubt about his future and everybody has the own ambition to play Champions League football.
"All the players of Everton, including the manager, would like to continue into making the next step. And what we did this season to make it be better the next.
"He can be part of that, if he doesn't like to part of that - then okay."
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...done-everything-possible-to-keep-ross-barkley
"I can understand for the players that it's a difficult situation, but football is also sometimes a business," Koeman told Sky Sports after the match.
"You know if you have players in the team who go into the last year of the contract, you need to do business.
"I still hope that he will sign that good offer which the board made, and that he will continue. We did everything. The board did everything with the offer they made for him.
"I spoke to the player, I can't do more. He needs to decide his future is. In Everton or away from Everton," Koeman added.
"I don't know [what he will decide] at the moment. The reason why it takes so long is maybe that the player will doubt about his future and everybody has the own ambition to play Champions League football.
"All the players of Everton, including the manager, would like to continue into making the next step. And what we did this season to make it be better the next.
"He can be part of that, if he doesn't like to part of that - then okay."