I said before if Barkley needed an operation on his hamstring that’s the most serious type of hamstring injury you can get. Once a player has that kind of injury there will always be a doubt over his future fitness. There’s also a reason no England manager has fancied Barkley and most Everton haven’t. Essentially he’s shown nothing but potential at Everton. The £15m is clearly not the issue. It would be having a high earner on a 5 year contract that you can’t guarantee his fitness. Chelsea can afford that gamble we can’t. I think it’s probably as simple as that.
I got 22 winners. I’d like to thank everyone that made this post possible. Most of all sissoko for making people think RB is world class. I thank you.