Everton boss Ronald Koeman has confirmed that he is “100 percent certain” that Ross Barkley will be leaving Goodison Park this summer.
Barkley failed to meet Koeman’s deadline to sign a new contract with the Merseyside club and he has just one more year remaining on his current contract with the club, which means that a sale is almost certain to take place soon.
It appears that the 23-year-old Barkley wishes to leave his boyhood club with Arsenal and Tottenham said to be keen on signing him.
When asked about whether he is certain that Barkley will be leaving the club this summer, Koeman replied, “Yeah. Ross told me at the end of the season he wanted another challenge.
“His personal situation is really not so difficult: we made a good offer to him to sign a new contract, he declined that contract and told me that he is looking for a new challenge.”
Koeman has already brought in a replacement for Barkley in Davy Klaassen and is also said to be eyeing a deal to sign Gylfi Sigurdsson.
