Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[Sexual Ealing]

He'd be out with his loading injury for at least half the season. Everton's the best place for him.

[eamonn]

True, he can't load for shit. Jack will probably start 20-25 games a season max for the rest of his life.

[KevinGage]

If priced accordingly - and the salary is bumped up with appearance fees and bonuses etc - I wouldn't be dead set against it.

The homegrown rule still needs to form part of our thinking.

But like SE, think he'll be allowed to more leeway at Everton.  Prob a better fit for him at this stage of his career.

[enigma]

If he hadn't played well for us 5 years ago no one would be talking about wanting him here. He's not the player that left, he hasn't played more than 20 league games in a season for 4 seasons. He's at an age where even if was highly professional decline would be starting, and he isn't highly professional.

Not sure i agree. People were perfectly happy to have Barkley back who had achieved even less in the preceding few years.

[PeterWithesShin]

Probably because he'd just had 2 good seasons and was on 60k a week. If he wasn't having good seasons, was often injured and was on 300k a week there'd have been a lot less happiness.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Barkley had looked really good in a poor Luton side. I still think he's been a decent signing for the price.