Martinez unmoved by Barkley transfer talk

We could name one of the stands in the new ground after him.

For a young player he is already getting to be too injury prone for my liking. By the time he comes back he will have probably missed about a third of the season.

He missed quit a lot last season again with injury. he can have flashes of sheer brilliance but then go missing. And if I put my finger on it I think a lot of our problems this season is too many older players trying to keep up with the pace and too many young players still adapting

If someone offers us a huge pile of money we should take it

Chelsea are also short on home grown players.

If either of these clubs make a big money move for Barkley next summer it will be hard to keep him at Everton. A move by one of the big teams would come with a huge pay raise which Everton can't match.

I've heard the salary limit at Everton is around 70,000 per week and the big money teams pay a lot more.

If Barkley is offered personal terms well in excess of 100,000 and there's a big transfer fee he'll leave.

It's my opinion there's a difference between being a selling club and a reluctant selling club. Everton don't want to lose Barkley, but will pretty much have to let him go if the price is right.

Athletic players can trample all over them even though they are not as skilful and we have to phase out the older players. I always felt Barry was a bad buy solely because of age - all teams need experience but not to this extent!!

On the first part, I trust Kenwright, generally he does good deals on sales, but the problem is the second part.

He has just signed a contract , their mind games will no doubt get him in the end.

The FA should dock points to clubs that do this.

Sure he can earn a fortune at city or Chelsea but do you honestly think he’d enjoy being a bench warmer? Getting a few minutes every week just so City or the Chavs can fill their ’home-grown’ quota? I somehow think that this kid has a bit more integrity and thirst for the game than that. I might be naïve but I think he’s happy to develop his game at Everton for at least a couple of more years and become the main man rather than some squad player.

Unless we qualify for Europe again this season I wouldn’t be surprised if we reluctantly sell this summer. Although I’d be extremely miffed if the transfer fee was for a penny less than 㿞M.

In the end it will simply be business - much as we may regret the loss of a promising young home-grown footballer it is business. If City or Chelsea do want Barkley then the inducements they can offer would be hard for the club and the player to refuse. At the turn of the ’60s, as Rick mentions above, I well remember us being able to buy almost any player we wanted and the Lancashire and Scottish clubs in particular lost some of their brightest talents although I am sure the transfer fees helped them stay alive/develop etc. In this case one hopes that Everton too get the highest possible fee that suitors are willing to pay.

It is a sad fact of life that chickens do tend to come home to roost and now it is our turn to be victim to the predatory power of the so called "big boys". However, it may well all be rumour!

I actually think Barkley could be sold for more than 㿞 million given the lack of central midfielders with his pace, build and skill. Sadly, he will go because money talks and this will not be the desire of the chairman. Furthermore, the squad needs younger players to come in.

There will be differing and equally valid opinions on Ross’s actual potential, but mine, for what it’s worth, is this: Ross Barkley is by far the most exciting player I’ve ever seen in an Everton shirt. OK, he doesn’t do it week-in & week-out but I believe that will come. The goals he scored last season made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

Not only is he worth doing everything feasible to hang on to, due to his qualities on the pitch, I believe he will do a huge amount to increase the brand value of the club. He is the only Everton player (baring maybe Lukaku due to his price tag) who is given regular attention and coverage by the national media, and this is helped in no small part by the fact he is seen as a future star in an England jersey. Say what you like about Hodgson and his boys, but having Everton players in the national side must help exposure for the club around the world?

I honestly think we would be mad to sell him!

File it where it deserves to be – bin.

Meanwhile, not a mention of that other selling club on Merseyside getting Loads of Sterling when Real Madrid come calling!

Even if he was fit, he would be behind Naismith in the pecking order, in my opinion; like Lukaku, he is so overhyped itÂ’s unbelievable.

I hate to say it, but if youÂ’re comparing potential, then Sterling who plays for the Redshite is streets ahead of our Ross and that other pudding up front our manager spunked BillÂ’s family silver on.

To sell this great talent would be folly, it really would. ItÂ’s no coincidence weÂ’ve struggled without him this season, is it. CanÂ’t wait to see him back in the side, it canÂ’t come quick enough.

What’s with all this "If the price is right" shite? – like we’re all gonna make a few bob personally. Get a grip. I don’t hear the Redshite saying that the Sewer Rat fee was "just too good to refuse". Do you?

I’m baffled by some our supporters and their seeming desperation to dismiss a local lad with a love for the club, an abundance of natural ability, and an entire career at the top level laying in wait for him.

He should be the one player we fight tooth and nail to keep, rather than gleefully thinking of the green we could get for him.

To say he’s done ’nothing of note’ in an Everton shirt in his short career thus far is, simply, bollocks, more blinkered than a post ’pulled out his old queen’s ’ole’ Oedipus Rex with blood still pissing from his punctured pork pies.

What do people expect from him? To be performing miracles and supplying super heroic moments every match, after just one full season as a first-team starter? He became an integral part of the squad, impressed every pundit around, scored some breathtaking solo goals and broke into the England World Cup squad. What more should he have done for you to deem him worthy of keeping?

Seriously, if the boy donned a Superman suit and flew fast as fuck around the planet until it started rotating backwards, some people would still tut and say, if he was all he’s cracked up to be, he should’ve done it in a fucking Cher wig whilst warbling ’If I Could Turn Back Time’.

It’s already evident from the few games this season how much the side miss his drive and direct running through the middle and his ability to switch defence to attack with a simple shimmy or shrug of the shoulder.

As for Naismith being a bigger threat than Barkley in a similar role? Not for me. That’s like saying Danny Glover makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like a pussy when it comes to kicking shit out of a Predator.