{"id":389069,"date":"2018-01-05T12:13:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T12:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=389069"},"modified":"2018-01-05T12:13:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T12:13:54","slug":"ross-barkley-chelsea-sign-everton-midfielder-15m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/ross-barkley-chelsea-sign-everton-midfielder-15m\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Barkley: Chelsea to sign Everton midfielder for \u00a315m"},"content":{"rendered":"
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":"
Everton midfielder Ross Barkley is expected to have a medical at Chelsea on Friday before a \u00a315m move to Stamford Bridge. Barkley\u00a0turned down a move\u00a0to Chelsea on transfer deadline day in August. But negotiations between the clubs resumed once the transfer window re-opened on 1 January. The 24-year-old England man rejected a new deal at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":389072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[851,163,6190],"yoast_head":"\n