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Chelsea bid for Barkley rejected

Lyndon Lloyd | Tuesday, 29 August 2017 178comments  |  Jump to last
Chelsea have made the first move for Ross Barkley, offering £25m for the Everton midfielder but it has been knocked back according to reports.

Along with Tottenham Hotspur, the Champions have been linked with Barkley for much of the summer but groin surgery and then an operation to repair a damaged hamstring that will likely keep him sidelined until November have complicated any efforts to get a deal done.

The 23-year-old is out of contract next summer and has thus far not been moved to sign an extension to his current deal with Everton, leaving the club in danger of losing him for next to nothing next year.

The Blues are reportedly asking for £40m for Barkley and might be hoping to capitalise on Chelsea's failure thus far to sign Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and their need to sign more homegrown players.

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