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Aston Villa Ready to Sell Ross Barkley in January
Aston Villa are ready to sell midfielder Ross Barkley this month after he fell down the pecking order, according to the Daily Mail.
Unai Emery’s side have overcome a poor start to the season to be right in the mix at the top of the Premier League, sitting three points off the top of the table behind Arsenal following their 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday lunchtime, and ahead of the Gunners’ trip to face Bournemouth.
But one player who missed that game was Barkley, and the former England star is now considered to be surplus to requirements at Villa Park.
Aston Villa Open to Offers for Barkley
Barkley, who currently earns £75,000-a-week with Villa, is out of contract at the end of the current campaign and has failed to start a single game in any competition, racking up just 147 minutes of action.
Emery has seemingly moved the squad forward without the 32-year-old former Everton star, with the likes of Boubacar Kamara, Amadou Onana, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn and Lamar Bogarde all ahead of him in the pecking order in central midfield.
Now, it has emerged that the club would be open to considering offers for his services this month during the winter window, rather than waiting for him to leave for free at the end of the season, with a contract renewal looking unlikely. Since joining Villa from Luton in the summer of 2024, Barkley has accumulated 37 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring five times.
It’s unclear if there are any interested clubs in his services, but with game time opportunities now looking limited, it’s something that could come to fruition in the coming weeks.
Barkley Has No Aston Villa Future
Ever since Emery has come into the club, there are very few things that he has got wrong with this team, and it is showing on the pitch.
That makes it very difficult to question him when he makes tough decisions, and leaving a player as talented as Barkley out of the squad on a regular basis will undoubtedly be something he isn’t finding easy.
However, much like Harvey Elliott, Emery’s decisions are all made with the best interests of the team at heart, and if Barkley is no longer able to fulfill the wishes of the manager tactically then he won’t play. That seems to be the case, and that would mean that Barkley has no long-term future at the club.
A January exit seems to be a solution that suits all parties, and this is something to watch in the coming weeks.
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