2017/18 Ross Barkley

[4737carlin]

Pay 35m have him injured until Jan, or just wait until Jan and pay 15-20 and he is fit and ready immediately. If its true personal terms were agreed, then he clearly is happy to go there. Just stinks of a pre arranged deal, unofficially

Yeah, some of our fans have been a bit deluded to Ross, its one thing ability wise, that can be debated, but all the nonsense about the club treating him bad and him and Koeman not getting along not being his fault, when reality he us a full on rat whopper who has been planning for ages to mess us around, only the idiot went and got injured, which makes no odds him him, just means he has to hang around Everton like a bad smell for a few more months

 

[Toffee-nerd]

Pay 35m have him injured until Jan, or just wait until Jan and pay 15-20 and he is fit and ready immediately. If its true personal terms were agreed, then he clearly is happy to go there. Just stinks of a pre arranged deal, unofficially

Added competition for him then though at that price so no guarantee they'd get him. Best thing he can do for his career now is sign a new deal with us otherwise there's a real possibility the club just tell him to do one in Jan, stick him in the reserves and he doesn't play competitive football again until next August. 5 years is a long time to wait for a world cup.

 

[Toffeemeister]

Pretty certain he's going to sign a new contract.

Can feel it in mah bones.

Any reason ?

 

[billyblue80]

Should of gone the weapon. Only reason he didn't because Spurs had a word saying they will be back in Jan. The club he claims to love gets the rough end of this.

 

[DrEFC]

You think no ones ever agreed personal terms before and then backed out at the last minute and taken another job ?

Have you never changed your mind about something at the very last minute ?

Bilko said he didn't want to sign for that club. Seems like a waste, but then again- there's conflicting reports as to whether he'd attended for a medical.

 

[DrEFC]

do you remember David Unsworth signing for Villa , and within a month was pleading to go back to Everton because he knew he'd made a mistake,never even played a game cause he knew it wasn't right.

nobody knows, my guess is he knew it wasn't right for him, the money was good i'd imagine, the pressure was immense from all parties, but the move clearly wasn't.

Good post!
Sign the ting, then Ross!

 

[Tin-Tin]

Added competition for him then though at that price so no guarantee they'd get him. Best thing he can do for his career now is sign a new deal with us otherwise there's a real possibility the club just tell him to do one in Jan, stick him in the reserves and he doesn't play competitive football again until next August. 5 years is a long time to wait for a world cup.

Exactly what I would do and the club should too. If he's shafting us so him and his agent can make extra £££, let him train (legally we have to) with the u23's but dont pick him for any games at all for the rest of the season.

By the time he goes to Chelsea/Spurs on a free for his paycheck, he wont have played a game of football for around 13/14 months. Plus we have destroyed any hope of him making the WC in the summer too.

 

[Khalekan]

Added competition for him then though at that price so no guarantee they'd get him. Best thing he can do for his career now is sign a new deal with us otherwise there's a real possibility the club just tell him to do one in Jan, stick him in the reserves and he doesn't play competitive football again until next August. 5 years is a long time to wait for a world cup.

That is certainly what I would do.

In fact, if he is allowed to go on the cheap in January I will be very annoyed

Take the £15 million hit on the chin and let him stew.

 

[COYBL25]

Any reason ?

The ten pints he's drunk tonight ?

 

[Bebeto]

I have a feeling that he is waiting on manu...

 

[Tommy F]

People thinking it's strange or he's stupid.

That decision may have made him a fortune if he gets to be a free agent,the hard part for him is getting football this year which allows him to compete for the world cup and attract someone who will pay him that fortune. If he has got a brain he'll give everything this year for those two prizes. The question is do we give him the chance.

 

[bullybeef]

Can't find the words.

Can only describe him as an odious turd.

How can you screw over the club that you supposedly love and support.

I'm sure there is more to this than we are aware but even so.

 

[tim cahill]

Can't help but feel he'll get a wake up call when he realises he's not good enough to get in Spurs first XI.

 

[jagsballs]

Added competition for him then though at that price so no guarantee they'd get him. Best thing he can do for his career now is sign a new deal with us otherwise there's a real possibility the club just tell him to do one in Jan, stick him in the reserves and he doesn't play competitive football again until next August. 5 years is a long time to wait for a world cup.

That is where I think its entirely plausible that he has given Chelsea his word, and them to him, too.

I dont buy the story he waited on Spurs as Dominic King reckons they didn't make a single effort to buy him entire summer. Or contact the club. He has probably told Abramovich save your cash, come get me in Jan when im fit

 

[Llyrap]

Because if he re-signs a contract then his price balloons or he's flat out unavailable, so if you rate the player you don't take that risk.

Take the point but his agent is probably chatting with lots of clubs. Barkley doesn't have to sign and he is in the driving seat. Chelsea simply could have a word with his agent and say we'll sign you in Jan for less and you can have a bigger signing on fee. They must have been worried, rightly, that he wasn't that keen on them.

If he re-signs his agent gets a release clause which for 12 months which is less than the fee accepted by us. Both parties winners in that Barkley can go for a song but we at least get something.

We are the biggest losers if he doesn't sign a contract now.