Everton midfielder Ross Barkley is expected to have a medical at Chelsea on Friday before a \u00a315m move to Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n
Barkley\u00a0turned down a move\u00a0to Chelsea on transfer deadline day in August.<\/p>\n
But negotiations between the clubs resumed once the transfer window re-opened on 1 January.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old England man rejected a new deal at Everton and is out of contract at the end of this season, opening the door to a cut-price move.<\/p>\n
Barkley has yet to play this season after having hamstring surgery following a training injury but is now approaching match fitness.<\/p>\n
Everton manager Sam Allardyce said on Thursday the club had been resigned to losing Barkley for some time.<\/p>\n
And now, barring late hitches, he is likely to secure a move to Chelsea.<\/p>\n
It will mean the player is leaving Goodison Park after 13 years, having joined Everton as an 11-year-old in 2005.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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