Ross Barkley

[stony]

I hope Milner can do a Fernando for us and sign new contract and then we can sell him for 10m at least, and then we can sign Barkley for 7m + Milner.

Barkley would be nowhere near our first team. He's not even in Everton's best 11. If we signed Barkley it would be the biggest waste of money ever. He needs games and time to develop, and he won't get either at City.

 

[efcblue]

Thought I'd have a read to see if you lot are still crazy insistent about how you're signing Ross for pennies in the summer, deal nailed on, etc.

I feel this is a nailed on transfer for us.

Only if the price is right.

It will be £20mill with add one which could work out to be a good deal.

Oh really? Know something I don't?

Put Koke or Pogba in this years Everton team and the hipsters wouldn't be anywhere near as insistent that we sign them. Put Barkley in the laughably declining Serie A in the same team next to Tevez, Pirlo and Vidal and he'd look astounding.

It's a shame Pellegrini's anglophobia has transmitted onto most on here; most big money flops in the Premier League have been foreign, but the prospect of signing Lamelas, Soldados and Paulinhos, or Mangalas, Fernandos or Robinhos is more exciting than investing in and developing a young domestic talent for the modern football fan of a modern money club.

The most successful club of the Premier League era was identifiably British, and they had a big impact on Europe as well; the notion that British players aren't up to standard is simply moronic. The likes of Scholes, Lampard, Cole, Terry, Ferdinand, Gerrard, Giggs and Rooney have more top-level medals and have starred in more latter-stage European Cup games than Manchester City Football Club.

To refuse to acknowledge and adopt that winning formula is naive to the point of stupidity on the part of both those running the club, and the fans who pine for exclusively foreign transfer activity. If we one day want to be a club like Bayern or Barca, we have to forge a similar identity to those clubs; if Barkley was German Bayern would have signed him last summer, while Ferguson would have spent the Herrera money on him instead. That's what those who know how to build sustainable success do.

Barkley has had more of an impact on top-level football than Toure did at 21, and has all of the tools to both succeed and exceed him in our midfield. He can match Toure's passing, driving runs and has a good enough shot with either foot to gradually score 10+ goals from midfield, while also having an extra willingness/capability to chase down and tackle.

I find it hard to understand some logic on here; we now read that Gareth Bale isn't good enough for us. Says it all really.

The modern City fan wouldn't have wanted us to sign Colin Bell either.

This summarises it up very well.
Everton have been dreadful this season for reasons only the team know (I've heard there has been huge discontent between players and the manager and between the players themselves, apparently Distin and Eto'o were linked to it). Barkley has been out for a lot of games too. When he has played, however, he's got us forward and is almost always the only one who'll actually take a man on. He's always looking to do something.

 

[CityLew99]

£25 million maximum at the moment... £50 million when he learns to use his left foot

 

[Blue Haze]

50m? Lmao stop buying players from Everton.

If he really wants to leave, let him run down his contract

 

[SuperBlu]

He is not worth 20m yet

 

[efcblue]

£25 million maximum at the moment... £50 million when he learns to use his left foot

Funny, because Ross is the most two-footed player I can name. I'd say that's his greatest strength. He broke his leg and for over a year only played with his left. Watch a few of his goals, he uses both feet.

 

[bluechampion7891]

£25 million maximum at the moment... £50 million when he learns to use his left foot

Funny, because Ross is the most two-footed player I can name. I'd say that's his greatest strength. He broke his leg and for over a year only played with his left. Watch a few of his goals, he uses both feet.

I take it you haven't seen cazorla

 

[Jack Wills]

He's a good young player, but he hasn't done enough for long enough with Everton yet to warrant a £35m + price. I've seen no evidence yet to suggest he could run a midfield in the way Yaya can (when he can be arsed).

This desperate need for home grown players could see us having to spend a lot of money on pretty ordinary players instead of going for real quality. This is why we need Bale more than anyone, he's absolute top quality and home grown. If we spent about £50m on Barkley it would be such a waste and pile pressure on a young player still developing his game.

 

[hgblue]

£25 million maximum at the moment... £50 million when he learns to use his left foot

Funny, because Ross is the most two-footed player I can name. I'd say that's his greatest strength. He broke his leg and for over a year only played with his left. Watch a few of his goals, he uses both feet.

Barkley is a promising young player, who would thrive if playing alongside the likes of Silva and Aguero, and I hope we sign him, but £50 million is too pricey.

 

[richards30]

He's a good young player, but he hasn't done enough for long enough with Everton yet to warrant a £35m + price. I've seen no evidence yet to suggest he could run a midfield in the way Yaya can (when he can be arsed).

This desperate need for home grown players could see us having to spend a lot of money on pretty ordinary players instead of going for real quality. This is why we need Bale more than anyone, he's absolute top quality and home grown. If we spent about £50m on Barkley it would be such a waste and pile pressure on a young player still developing his game.

Agreed. Bale should really be a priority target for us this summer as apart from being homegrown is a world class player in a position we are desperate to sort! It would allow merlin to play central where he can hurt teams more than shoved out on the left.