TRANSFER TALK
Back in 2013 Brazilian international Willian had a medical at Tottenham before two Russian bosses colluded, one who needed money after a costly divorce to a chunk of his fortune and who was being chased by the authorities I recall. Willian was instructed to sign for Chelsea.
Move forward four years and Ross Barkley is injured, he can't play football until possibly December or even later. What would be the point of buying him now, when Everton have to pick up his wages during his recovery period and his potential transfer fee goes down in January with just a few months of the season and his contract left.
Everton, who demanded too much money earlier in the window and later on refused to speak with us after turning down our £20 million bid, were stuck with a player they didn't want until Chelsea stepped in and offered them £35 million for him.
So keen was he to leave Everton that he agreed personal terms with them and went for a medical. That is when Spurs did a Willian on them.
While Barkley was undergoing a medical at Chelsea, we made phone calls to ensure him we were going to buy him in January. he agreed a deal with Chelsea because he couldn't be sure we would want him in January, the situation may have changed and we may not have anted him.
We, however, made sure he knew that January was definite. We let him know that Mauricio Pochettino wanted him, that he was our first choice and remained so. He is also deeply unhappy with Everton who refused him his dream move to Spurs.
Armed with the knowledge that he was still going to get his desire to work with Pochettino, whom he feels can turn him into an even better player as he has for other England players, then his decision became easy. Chelsea were no longer an option.
Like Gareth Bale and his desire to join Real Madrid, he wasn't interested in any other team so Ross Barkley isn't interested in any other team if Tottenham want him and are going to buy him. Now he has to recover and wait a few months.
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