WHY BARKLEY REJECTS CHELSEA: JOEY BARTON

The Blues almost got Ross Barkley on the deadline day after Everton accepted Chelsea’s £35M for the England Midfielder. It was reported that the player was already at the Cobham Headquarters of Chelsea in the middle of his medicals when he stormed out and called off the deal. This obviously made Chelsea have no choice but to quickly opt for Danny Drinkwater.

There have been various fingers pointed at the Chelsea’s Technical Director Michael Emenalo and Director Marina Granovskaia as the ones to blame for the unexpected break down as they are directly involved in player transactions.

However, Joey Barton while speaking with TalkSport claimed manager Antonio Conte is to blame for the failure to secure the player. Barton said

“I heard a really interesting thing about what happened with the Ross Barkley transfer. Conte turned his phone off and Barkley’s representatives were trying to contact him”

Barton felt, the player wanted talking to the manager to know what his role in the team would be and whether he was needed in the team in the first instance but Mr. Conte was not available. The player developed cold feet and pulled the plug.

Could it be that Conte did not want Barkley, or the player and his representatives misinterpreted the situation?

Reintegrating Barkley into the Everton team pending the next window will not be difficult for Ronald Koeman since the whole transfer saga did not have much drama like other failed ones.

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