ExpatinBangkok
Player Valuation: £6m
Hope he signs. He would be a great 2nd choice /squad rotation midfielder.( Not consistent enough to be a regular starter in my view.)
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Course it's possible that both the "why wasn't this sorted last year" and "why wasn't the ultimatum delivered in private " questions can be answered by it was, and a private ultimatum didn't work, so here we are. Purely speculation of course.
I still think he'd be mad to join that circus of a club, even if they wanted him and made a bid.
then I won't try to convince you but I will correct you...it wasn't a public ultimatum, the ultimatum was given privately and was relayed to the public when asked what was happening...media is part of a managers job, the english press are obsessed with Barkley(poor lad) and many fans want to know what is happening even if you and others don't. Oops it seems I am trying to convince you, apologies
It's got nothing to do with fans "not wanting to know" what's going on, that isn't the argument
The argument is that by making those comments Koeman made it a public ultimatum, which didn't help the situation one iota
he was 99.9 percent signing at some stage!
Toffeepot
Player Valuation: £35m
Spot on! 50/50 looks about right on whether RK was right or not. As regards wanting him to sign it's more like 95/5 in favour, including Koeman so hopefully we get good news soon
It's still not happened yet like, so I think we should all refrain from getting our hopes up too soon because, you know, Everton and all that
Why on God's earth do you insist that this is Koeman's deadline? He would not have made the comment unless this was already decided and agreed by the real decision makers - IT'S NOT HIS JOB (as he has said many many times).
#agenda #vendetta...
Toffeepot
Player Valuation: £35m
I'm sorry man but I can't agree that players should be wrapped in cotton wool on these matters...they play in a public sphere and are payed by that public sphere...if a player is dragging his heels it's his problem. Koeman was asked many times before then and was answering I don't know but eventually made clear that this(sold when 1 yr left) is what happens so he needs to know at the end of the season...Ultimatum in itself is blowing it out of proportion
Toffeepot
Player Valuation: £35m
Joey, why do keep relating Lukaku to Barkley in this...one has 2 years left which RK said, the other has 1...I have no doubt that if Lukaku is here next year, still hasn't signed and RK is asked about it he'll say, wait for it; 'when a player has 1 year left the club need to sell if that player won't sign'
apples and oranges
I don't get it. He is offered a contract, he doesn't immediately sign it, but neither he nor his reps utter a word as to why not, then a few weeks later after a negotiation he signs a better deal. Why does he lose goodwill? It's only if you believe he should be bothered about all the bed-wetting that goes on in forums such as this in the interim.
He hasn't done anything that any other player would do - it's just that it was brought out into the open by the club.
I'm sure he doesn't care one jot about what fans think.
Nope.
https://www.grandoldteam.com/2016/04/24/watch-jags-tells-barkley-they-wernt-booing-you/
It stirred a honest nest up on players salaries a player turns Down 140 k you have opened a can of worms!
Think he has put a lot of pressure on himself now with staying.
Also don't think there's a chance in hell he is an automatic starter either.
Also don't think there's a chance in hell he is an automatic starter either.
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