Ross Barkley

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I'm not saying it's a good thing if he goes, but read people's comments to him going. People don't seem that arsed in general. I'm just making a comment as to why that could be. I'm not saying it's good for the club. Otherwise why else in general are people less arsed about him going?

I think losing barkley will be a bigger loss than losing lukaku.

What sort of statement does it say when you cant keep hold of one of your own?

Lukaku was brought up to go career first. Thats the mentality for a young belgian. Play for your hometown club, move on, then keep going until you are at the elite.

Barkley on the other hand it is different, english kids are not brought up that way. They are expected to show loyalty in some sort of way.

If we cant keep him what message does that say to pogential targets and players who were sold the dream to come to everton...like schneiderlin
 
What others pay does matter though, they're our competition for players. Given our position, 6 teams above us, don't we need to be paying more to players to entice them?
The consistency and upturn in form of him and the team, might be linked to the players in and around him in midfield?

so let's say if utd pay the likes of Valencia or Ashley Young 100k/120k do you think we should be looking for those type of bang average players and paying them that because utd are? Or if there's a top young talent in the championship who is currently on 2k a week should we offer him 100k a week because then that will show our players that we mean business?

If Harry Kane is on 90k a week, if we offer him 120k a week will he leave Spurs and come to us?

There's offering wages to be competitive and then there's offering wages and not being sensible. The rs have mastered this for years and it's not a road I want to see us go down.
 
I think losing barkley will be a bigger loss than losing lukaku.

What sort of statement does it say when you cant keep hold of one of your own?

Lukaku was brought up to go career first. Thats the mentality for a young belgian. Play for your hometown club, move on, then keep going until you are at the elite.

Barkley on the other hand it is different, english kids are not brought up that way. They are expected to show loyalty in some sort of way.

If we cant keep him what message does that say to pogential targets and players who were sold the dream to come to everton...like schneiderlin
What if the player coming in thinks he's better than Barkley? I'd love Barkley to stay but one man doesn't make a club, local or not.
 

so let's say if utd pay the likes of Valencia or Ashley Young 100k/120k do you think we should be looking for those type of bang average players and paying them that because utd are? Or if there's a top young talent in the championship who is currently on 2k a week should we offer him 100k a week because then that will show our players that we mean business?

If Harry Kane is on 90k a week, if we offer him 120k a week will he leave Spurs and come to us?

There's offering wages to be competitive and then there's offering wages and not being sensible. The rs have mastered this for years and it's not a road I want to see us go down.
True but we are reportedly offering koaslniac the left back free transfer £160k per week. The wages are so high as he is a free transfer & As such there is zero annual depreciation of his fee through the accounts.

Ross was free & has proven to be one of the best attacking midfielders in the league for 4 months what would you be thinking if you were him.

Plus Liverpool have historically paid players high wages that they wouldn't get elsewhere he will minimum get £125k per week eleswhere if he leaves.
 
What if the player coming in thinks he's better than Barkley? I'd love Barkley to stay but one man doesn't make a club, local or not.

Very true. But its more a case of other teams knowing they can come in for our players whenever they want
 
Players become aware very quickly that it's a business. They don't have the same attachment we do regardless of who they supported as a kid. Players who ignore the overtures of bigger clubs and better wage are an enigma and are celebrated as such. Le tissier, Gerrard, etc. Look at Rooney. Won a shed load. Captained his country. Astronomical wages. Was he wrong to leave? I don't think so. Would love to see Barkley stay and push us to the next level but we have to accept it doesn't often work that way.
 

Players become aware very quickly that it's a business. They don't have the same attachment we do regardless of who they supported as a kid. Players who ignore the overtures of bigger clubs and better wage are an enigma and are celebrated as such. Le tissier, Gerrard, etc. Look at Rooney. Won a shed load. Captained his country. Astronomical wages. Was he wrong to leave? I don't think so. Would love to see Barkley stay and push us to the next level but we have to accept it doesn't often work that way.

Barkley is good but not as good as Rooney (at the time of course). I can't see him getting a starting role in the current top 6 maybe except Arsenal. And we may even move above Arsenal this weekend.
 

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