Tottenham are reportedly making new progress in their pursuit of Ross Barkley – and supporters have offered mixed verdicts on whether he would be a top signing.
The Independent claim that Everton ready to drop their £50million valuation of the club’s academy product in order to agree a deal before the transfer window shuts next month.
It is said that Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino is a big admirer of Barkley, 23, and can help him achieve his immense promise.
With the Merseysiders seemingly willing to relent on an asking price that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy considers “unrealistic”, the White Hart Lane faithful were active on social media to deliver their verdicts on where he would fit in.
Some fan consider him to be a player who could make a huge impact, while other claim he is not the marquee signing the team needs.
This Is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets:
Not Ross Barkley please! #COYS #THFC
— DTP! (@drownthatpuppy) July 16, 2017
A need for a ‘marquee’ signing cloud peeps judgement that #Barkley would be good signing. Nothing could be further from the truth #COYS
— Glen Extance (@GlenExtance) July 16, 2017
If spurs get Barkley, imagine how much Poch would improve him. Would be a very good signing #coys
— Martin Smith (@Sm1thy19) July 16, 2017
Announce Barkley #coys
— josh edwards (@joshiedwards10) July 16, 2017
Dear Mr Levy. Don’t worry about the extra £m’s. Just sign Barkley & whoever else Poch wants (Mahrez?) & the rest will fall into place #COYS
— Giles Edwards (@Giles_Edwards) July 16, 2017
#COYS! Hurry up and join us please Barkley!! Perfect place for you!
— Ben Jones (@BenJay14) July 16, 2017
If we are indeed trying to buy Barkley this week, what is the most we are willing to spend? #COYS #THFC
— Aaron Pitters (@aaronpitters) July 16, 2017
Personally I don’t get the Barkley link, he’s a good player but too similar to what we have, for me we need a Mane style player #coys #thfc
— Gareth Coulter (@gscoulter) July 16, 2017
The north Londoners are the only Premier League club not to buy a player in the transfer window and have offloaded three senior men in three days, with Kyle Walker, Clinton N’Jie and Federico Fazio completing permanent exits.
By contrast, Everton have made six major senior signings in a transfer blitz costing over £100million and have plans in place to cover the playmaker role handed to Barkley in manager Ronald Koeman’s debut campaign.