I think Chelsea are the ones that told Barkley they wouldn’t be signing him last summer and told him to say it was his idea, it’s a little convenient that they were so close to signing him back then and he suddenly “changes his mind” only for them to come back in for him in January without a hitch.
He probably turned up and they realised the extent of his injury and that there was no chance he could play in the first half of the season so there wasn’t really a point in signing him, better to wait until January and save quite a bit of money which in this case is around £20mil without angering Everton.
Someone like Barkley doesn’t turn down a Chelsea tbh.
Wenger will never be ruthless in the market. Loves his shite players too much. Was even willing to make Chamberlain our highest earner. Says how dillusioned he is by ‘loyalty’.
“I heard about that [the Southampton link] but personally I want him to stay.”
That is a bit ambiguous from Wenger.
He says he wants him to stay but doesn’t say he won’t be sold.
It’s interesting he says " personally I want him to stay."
It sounds as if the board want him gone but Wenger wants to keep him.
I can’t imagine why.
Surely a player earning more than 100k a week, while not even getting on the bench, shouldn’t bother our board.
We’ve got loads of money.
