Dan Lee 47 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I like Barkley. I think he is a good player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,073 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Barkley departs | News | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club (chelseafc.com) Time to move this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,818 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 3 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said: Barkley departs | News | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club (chelseafc.com) Time to move this thread. Done, I always appreciated the effort he gave. OhForAGreavsie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James 5,322 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 ZAPHOD2319 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetable 830 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Weird business. Really we couldn't manage to sell him? Not a bad player for lower-tier teams after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 39 minutes ago, Vegetable said: Weird business. Really we couldn't manage to sell him? Not a bad player for lower-tier teams after all. On his wages? No, I don't think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blahblahblah 73 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 59 minutes ago, King Kante said: On his wages? No, I don't think so. But then sell him for free. Surely when cancelling his contract, we would have had to pay him some severence. Why not just let him go for free. I mean, don't mind him leaving one bit, just don't understand the whole business side of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Hate Scouse 10,326 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 7 minutes ago, blahblahblah said: But then sell him for free. Surely when cancelling his contract, we would have had to pay him some severence. Why not just let him go for free. I mean, don't mind him leaving one bit, just don't understand the whole business side of this Why would he go somewhere else and agree to earn £100k PW less than he is here? No club his level could afford his wages, it was either give him away on a free and pay him off, or release him and pay him off. Either way he was going to get his astronomical wages that he signed up for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blahblahblah 73 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 6 minutes ago, We Hate Scouse said: Why would he go somewhere else and agree to earn £100k PW less than he is here? No club his level could afford his wages, it was either give him away on a free and pay him off, or release him and pay him off. Either way he was going to get his astronomical wages that he signed up for. But he is going to get a similar contract irrespective of his status of being a Chelsea player or not, right? I mean it's a moot point for Celtic what contract they offer Barkley irrespective of him being a Chelsea player or a free agent. Hence i don't understand the move. Our options were to buy off his contract or pay part of his wages while Celtic pays the rest. I guess it might have been a better position financially for the club to buy his contract our rather than pay part of his wages. Don't know, just feels unintuitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, blahblahblah said: But he is going to get a similar contract irrespective of his status of being a Chelsea player or not, right? I mean it's a moot point for Celtic what contract they offer Barkley irrespective of him being a Chelsea player or a free agent. Hence i don't understand the move. Our options were to buy off his contract or pay part of his wages while Celtic pays the rest. I guess it might have been a better position financially for the club to buy his contract our rather than pay part of his wages. Don't know, just feels unintuitive. I dont even think Celtic would go for him. Scottish League may not be an incredible standard but Celtic’s business since Ange Postecoglu took over has been pretty incredible compared to the previous 3 or 4 windows. I mean a lot of the games I’ve see, he’s basically signed 3/4s of a whole new team and it is so clear they all suit his philosophy off high tiempo attacking and high pressing football. Throw in the fact Celtic have got a lot of players in MF too as they’ve basically overhauled those places, so unless Matt O’Reilly (looks like he could be the next big one to go, links with Man United, Dortmund, Liverpool, Newcastle) is sold then I don’t see it happening. James McCarthy joined for big wages last summer and barely starts so they’d be wary to sign another big wage player I’d imagine incase it didn’t work out. In fact I think whilst it may seem attractive to the Old Firm (again the fact we couldn’t shift Barkley at all screams out that it definitely wouldn’t be) in my eyes their much better sticking with developing the likes of O’Reilly, Turnbull (Celtic) and Tillman (Rangers) because both their models are orientated around progressing players and generating big profits from them. Plus Rangers signed Aaron Ramsay and that barely worked out either, someone who when fit is considerably better than Ross Barkley. I honestly do think the time of the Scottish League being a retirement home/place where players such as Barkley, Ramsay etc would go to see out a few seasons and get away with half arsing it is done. Its never going to be a top league but Rangers and Celtic are definitely ambitious sides and the standards aren’t exactly League 1 or League 2. I really think Barkley ending up playing at a top 10 PL club is very unlikely. In fact going abroad may reinvigorate his career. Edited August 30, 2022 by OneMoSalah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vesper 30,175 Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 On 09/06/2023 at 20:56, ZAPHOD2319 said: what time is it? FAIL TIME!!!!! ZAPHOD2319 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James 5,322 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Back in the Premier League Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero 1,872 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) Happy for him. He doesn't deserve all the hate. Mount deserves it Edited August 10, 2023 by Nero OneMoSalah and NikkiCFC 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Strange move but maybe one that gives him a bit of a platform. I doubt it though - he’s always thought he’s better than he is and has never delivered. 4 hours ago, Nero said: Happy for him. He doesn't deserve all the hate. Mount deserves it Jesus youve a hard on for Mount do you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEVINAA 129 Posted June 3, 2024 Share Posted June 3, 2024 Aston Villa have reached verbal agreement with Luton Town to sign Ross Barkley. bluesman2610 and Vesper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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