Ross Barkley

[manpe 10,861]

26 minutes ago, coolhead23 said:

Wouldnt that be the best case scenario!!! 

Best case is him retiring here as a club legend.

[Jase 43,479]

The 15m fee for Barkley may be good but is this a Conte signing? Or if not, is he at least happy with it? From Matt Law's news report last night, it seems we want Barkley because he's English and we don't want to let one of Emenalo's recommendation go elsewhere. If Conte doesn't approve this one bit, then it will only make things worse between him and the board.

[manpe 10,861]

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

The 15m fee for Barkley may be good but is this a Conte signing? Or if not, is he at least happy with it? From Matt Law's news report last night, it seems we want Barkley because he's English and we don't want to let one of Emenalo's recommendation go elsewhere. If Conte doesn't approve this one bit, then it will only make things worse between him and the board.

We will know depending on how much game time he will get.

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, manpe said:

We will know depending on how much game time he will get.

Imagine the outrage if Barkley also finds himself behind Bakayoko in the pecking order...

[Alabama 1,992]

7 minutes ago, manpe said:

We will know depending on how much game time he will get.

Irrespective of the game time...if he keeps bakayoko out there despite been embarrassingly piss poor for a while now and refuse to try Barkley...then he should stop moaning about transfer targets the board refuse to sign...

[lucio 5,418]

immediately becomes the best long range shooter in the squad, thats something....

[lucio 5,418]

7 minutes ago, Jason said:

The 15m fee for Barkley may be good but is this a Conte signing? Or if not, is he at least happy with it? From Matt Law's news report last night, it seems we want Barkley because he's English and we don't want to let one of Emenalo's recommendation go elsewhere. If Conte doesn't approve this one bit, then it will only make things worse between him and the board.

conte was supposed to be super keen on drinkwater, but still prefers to play bakayoko who has looked a lot worse

[the wes 7,212]

Everton say Ross Barkley fee with Chelsea not agreed ... yet

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-say-ross-barkley-fee-14115975

[Fulham Broadway 16,852]

A fit and on form Barkley can be a powerhouse who would certainly give us some directness amid all the fancy stuff.

[gadget 126]

Regardless of the split opinion the board/manager want him. Agreed a £35m fee in the summer and now picking him up for £15m. We havnt done badly 

[Georgy 439]

I see it's that moment when were about to sign a bang average player and we try to hype him into oblivion. I can't believe what I'm reading in the last page. Worst midfield we have inside the Top 6 easily, will be scary going forward if those are our only midfield options.

[mccg 1,528]

43 minutes ago, the wes said:

see no point keeping RLC with Barkley coming in now 

Can see Conte tweaking the system akin to the way Juventus played and needing more box to box midfielders during the whole of next season so Rlc will do fine , I'm a fan of Ruben and he has done well on loan but 1 goal and 3 assists even at a struggling team dos'nt scream he is ready for a starting 11 position at CFC ,so it will depend on him again on how much game time he gets at Cfc next season and how much he improves .

[mccg 1,528]

12 minutes ago, the wes said:

Everton say Ross Barkley fee with Chelsea not agreed ... yet

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-say-ross-barkley-fee-14115975

Hope Spurs don't do a Willian on us!

[Strike 7,217]

32 minutes ago, Jason said:

The 15m fee for Barkley may be good but is this a Conte signing? Or if not, is he at least happy with it? From Matt Law's news report last night, it seems we want Barkley because he's English and we don't want to let one of Emenalo's recommendation go elsewhere. If Conte doesn't approve this one bit, then it will only make things worse between him and the board.

Reading this a lot that the 15m fee is good, low-risk

Barkley is out of contract at the end of the season. Is it really necessary to spend 15 million on him now?

[Jype 6,398]

14 minutes ago, Strike said:

Reading this a lot that the 15m fee is good, low-risk

Barkley is out of contract at the end of the season. Is it really necessary to spend 15 million on him now?

To have a much better chance of getting him, yes it is. In the summer I'm sure Arsenal and Tottenham would be all over it so he'd have more options to choose from and he could well end up elsewhere.

And players moving on free transfers generally receive bigger signing bonuses and higher wages because no transfer fee needs to be paid, so there's that too. In the end I'd guess there's not much difference in the total cost package including transfer fee, wages and bonuses when signing him now as compared to next summer. And if he can help the team even a little bit in the second half of this season and also be a lot more accustomed to the club by next season, it's easily worth it. 

[Strike 7,217]

1 minute ago, Jype said:

To have a much better chance of getting him, yes it is. In the summer I'm sure Arsenal and Tottenham would be all over it so he'd have more options to choose from and he could well end up elsewhere.

And players moving on free transfers generally receive bigger signing bonuses and higher wages because no transfer fee needs to be paid, so there's that too. In the end I'd guess there's not much difference in the total cost package including transfer fee, wages and bonuses when signing him now as compared to next summer. And if he can help the team even a little bit in the second half of this season and also be a lot more accustomed to the club by next season, it's easily worth it. 

Okay. Forget the fee. Do we need him?

[Fulham Broadway 16,852]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

The 15m fee for Barkley may be good but is this a Conte signing? Or if not, is he at least happy with it? From Matt Law's news report last night, it seems we want Barkley because he's English and we don't want to let one of Emenalo's recommendation go elsewhere. If Conte doesn't approve this one bit, then it will only make things worse between him and the board.

When have the board ever worried about upsetting a manager ? 

[Jype 6,398]

Just now, Strike said:

Okay. Forget the fee. Do we need him?

I'd say no and haven't got much expectations for him, but I hope he proves me wrong if/when he does join.

Anyway I can see why the club are so adamant on making this deal. Even though Barkley's development has stalled in last couple of years the potential is still there as the player is just 24 years old, so at £15M it's a no-brainer because it's still easy profit to sell him on if he fails to live up to the standards of Chelsea.