Ronald Koeman says Ross Barkley will leave Everton but 'no offers'

By Stephen Turner

Everton manager Ronald Koeman says Ross Barkley will leave the club this summer

Ronald Koeman says he expects Ross Barkley to leave Everton despite a lack of offers for the midfielder.

Barkley is currently out of pre-season training after surgery on hi
s groin and will miss the start of Everton's Europa League campaign against Ruzomberok on Thursday night.

Barkley has refused the offer of a new Everton contract

The England international is in the final year of his deal and has made it clear he sees his future away from Goodison Park as Tottenham monitor his situation.

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And asked whether he "100 per cent" expects to lose Barkley, Koeman said: "Yes. Yeah.

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"His personal situation is not so difficult. We made a really good offer to sign a new contract, he declined that contract and told me he's looking for a new challenge.

"It's his decision. I need to respect that and we'll see what happens, because I heard from the board that there's not really an offer on the table for Ross."

Koeman has overseen plenty of incomings since the end of last season, Wayne Rooney rejoining a squad bolstered by the arrivals of Jordan Pickford, Michael Keane, Davy Klaassen and Sandro Ramirez.

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The manager is not finished there: a £45m offer for Gylfi Sigurdsson was rejected by Swansea earlier this week, while a replacement is being sought for Ramiro Funes Mori, who is out for up to nine months.

"I don't speak about names," Koeman said. "I think there's a lot of rumours in the press.
"We lost Funes Mori with a knee injury and we're looking to replace him. We know we lost Romelu Lukaku. We bought Sandro Ramirez and we try to get another striker in, and maybe one more."