da marjack bet： Everton’s hefty investment and vast improvement on the pitch does not seem to be changing the mood around the club that significantly. Well, it’s not altering the trend in the rumour columns, anyway.
da bet7： Romelu Lukaku looks set to leave the club this summer after deciding against signing a new contract after a stellar season under Ronald Koeman and their attacking midfielder, and true-Evertonian, Ross Barkley, is being linked with countless moves away – he’s been touted as a target for Tottenham. Mauricio Pochettino’s side
Mauricio Pochettino’s side are on course for a second consecutive top-four finish, despite having to cope without their talismanic striker Harry Kane for swathes of the season. Barkley would fit the bill for Spurs in many aspects: he is young, English and still raw in many areas and is the sort of player that Pochettino has made a habit of developing.
Despite it apparently making much sense, Spurs would do well to steer well clear of a player that cannot even get minutes in a glaringly weak England squad, and here are THREE reasons why…
Ugly Fee
The English premium, reluctance to sell to a Premier League rival and what Barkley symbolises for Everton.
There are three reasons that the Toffees would demand an eye-watering fee from Spurs for the attacking midfielder and, quite frankly, the scouting team at White Hart Lane could pick up multiple players with the same level of potential for the sort of fee, £40m+, they would want.
With Spurs financially weaker than their top six rivals and with the burden of a new stadium, their transfer dealings must not only be smooth, they must be shrewd. Splashing big money on a player who is anything less than perfect for them could cripple their squad building for a couple of years.
What about Alli?
Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli want to play in the No.10 position and neither are as influential when forced wide. Neither are going to want to sit on the bench on a regular basis either.
Even in Spurs’ current 3-4-2-1 that enables two players to operate in that type of role, Barkley would have to dislodge one of the club’s most iconic players or wait his turn. The Everton man is not going to be all that interested in moving to the capital and being a bit part player.
Alli has a higher ceiling than Barkley and has developed to the demands of the Premier League far quicker. Younger, with greater potential and currently offering more to the side, signing Barkley would be a great risk to Alli’s future and one that would be foolish to take.
Consistency
Unlike Dele Alli, Barkley is yet to have a season of consistent and impressive performances. This campaign has reassuringly been his best to date, but there have been too many peaks and troughs in form that cannot be accepted for a player with the sort of price tag Barkley will have.
Spurs, too, have their fair share of inconsistencies. Christian Eriksen is the most obvious of all, but several of their back-up options similarly can produce the magnificent and the awful in equal measure. Barkley is not fluctuating quite that dramatically, but his form cannot be relied on and that is enough to put a top team off of him.