dachoosen1 said:
Think Isco is a solid player but Barkley being home grown for the champs league squad makes more sense. A loan deal for Isco would be ideal with a price already agreed for next summer (incase he has a storming season) and Barkley joining with the money from player sells this window would be perfect but is highly unlikely. The problem with both Isco and Barkley is although they have big potentials at the minute I cant see either of them starting ahead of Yaya, Silva, Nasri, Jovetic or Fernandinho.
I really cannot see us raising £40m from player sales to buy Barkley this summer.
If the club really do want him then they should be doing all they can to try and get a deal sorted for next summer.
Isco on loan with an option to buy next summer is a no brainer, if Txiki can get that deal to happen he is top class at his job if you ask me.