BARRY IS BACK
Gareth Barry is enjoying a successful time out on loan at Everton and the impact made by the player of Manchester City has motivated the head coach Roberto Martinez on signing the midfielder on a permanent deal but will have to wait until the end of the season when Barry’s contract with City expires in the summer.
"Gareth has been vitally important in what we have achieved so far this season and I would like that to be the case for many, many years to come, but that is a conversation we are going to have in the summer," said the Everton manager.
"The agreement was for the season and for Gareth to just enjoy his football and I don't want to change that. I don't think there is a real need. There is trust about what we agreed and all I want now is for Gareth to continue concentrating on his football for the second half of the season. I don't want him thinking about his future, which might distract him from enjoying his football and that was the agreement we had."
He added: "Gareth is not a player who is going to change his mind at the last second, he knows what he wants. We were very clear that I wanted him to have a specific role at the club and then in the summer he would make the choice and decide what he wants to do. I hope that everything I told him before he joined is exactly what he gets out of being here and he is enjoying it’’.
Considering all the players and targets that Manuel Pellegrini has at his disposal, it would be a viable option for Barry to make a permanent move over to a club where his chances on appearing on the main squad are much higher than in Manchester City.