http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2015/04/01/martinez-discusses-barkley-conundrums
There has also been some debate over whether Barkley and a number of other senior internationals still eligible for the Under-21s should play in the summer’s European Under-21 Championships.
Martinez had been erroneously reported as being against his player representing the U21s this summer. But today he declared: “I have never said that Ross wouldn’t benefit from going to that tournament. I always said that it was something where you need to allow the season to finish and assess the need from England’s point of view and from where the player is.
“I have been asked many times and I can give you an overall assessment that for players at younger ages, tournament experience is part of your development. When a player has already played in a senior competition like a World Cup you need to see the value in him participating in one at a lower level.
“But that is in general – that is not
Ross Barkley. Ross has had a specific season and it is a very different angle now to what it was two months ago and it will be very different again in two months’ time. “We are going to make it as simple as it should be which is allowing Ross to finish the season as strong as he can be, enjoying his football, and at the end of the campaign we will sit down with England and we will make the best decision for all parties.”
