Gareth Barry

This was the position of Everton’s midfielder, Gareth Barry in an interview.

Barry looked forward to meeting up with David Silva, who currently plies his trade in Manchester City, for a reunion on Saturday at City’s Etihad Stadium. The duo had been team mates at City before Barry moved on to Everton.

Everton coach Ronald Koeman said that Gareth Barry can play for two more years after the Toffees star got his 600th Premier League appearance.

Everton cruised to second spot in the English Premier League as they thrashed new season joiners Middlesbrough 3-1. Barry was on the target, showing that he was not slowing down anytime soon.

Ronald Koeman has branded Everton midfielder Gareth Barry as one of the best he has managed.

The veteran midfielder came up with the winner in the 2-1 victory over West Brom. This gave Everton the first league win of the season after they could only come away with a 1-1 draw from the game against Tottenham. This victory was vitally important to kickstart the campaign and help the arrival of a new manager be a seamless transition from the previous regime.Koeman has arrived at Everton from Southampton with big ambitions. His ambitions have been fuelled by the club splashing out on players like Bolasie.

Gareth Barry advises the Everton players to help their new coach in Ronald Koeman from getting angry and losing his rage whilst on the sidelines.

Barry sees the coach as a perfectionist and hopes he would be able to manage his temper as the new manager of the Toffees in the new campaign.

Koeman is known to demand high standards when he is at the helms from his team. However, Gareth Barry feels the very high expectations of the manager on and off the pitch is a good thing. He knows if the players don’t get what Koeman instructs then the coach would be very frustrated.

Everton’s new manager Ronald Koeman has claimed that he will not think twice about using the youngsters within the squad.

The former Southampton manager was recently appointed as the replacement for Roberto Martinez, who left the club after three years in charge. During this period, the Spaniard performed a vast overhaul of the squad by either buying players are by developing from within the club. The emergence of players like Ross Barkley into the limelight is a perfect example of the good work done by Martinez. There has been a suggestion that the progress made by the youngsters will be brought to a halt by the arrival of a new manager.

Everton midfielder Gareth Barry stated that he is not going to retire in the immediate future.

Gareth Barry has currently made 595 appearances in the Premier League and may be interested in equaling or beating the record of Frank Lampard and Ryan Giggs, who have made 609 and 632 appearances respectively.

Gareth Barry, who is currently 35-years old, seems very capable of achieving this record given that the player does not appear to be hindered by his age. He made 33 appearances for Everton last season and was named as the Player of the Season for the Toffees.

A few days ago it was confirmed that Everton had sacked Roberto Martinez from his managerial position in the club and this was mainly due to what has been a mediocre season and after having suffered a recent string of defeats against Norwich City, Sunderland and Leicester City.

Everton now has the task of searching for a new manager and even though the 2015-16 Premier League has been a forgettable one for Everton, it’s a significantly important one for Gareth Barry as he marked his name in the history-books of the top tier English League as he broke the Premier League record of having most starts.

On May 11 of 2016, Everton locked horns with Sunderland and Gareth Barry made his 572nd Premier League start as the veteran midfielder surpassed David James who was holding the record by having 571 starts in the English League.

Gareth Barry will undergo a late fitness test in order to determine his participation in the upcoming game against champions Leicester City.

This was expected to be a game of huge significance after Leicester’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United. However, Tottenham’s failure to keep up with the table leaders – after drawing 2-2 against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Monday night that meant that Leicester City have sealed the league title without stepping onto the pitch. The game against Everton will see Leicester handed the trophy in front of their own supporters.

Gareth Barry says that Everton should be higher in the table for the quality of players that they possess in the squad.

The experienced midfielder has been one of the ever present name in the Everton team this season. He is also joined with the likes of Romelu Lukaku, Ross Barkley, and John Stones. These are quality players who have performed well on an individual basis. However, Everton have been let down by poor team coordination throughout the campaign. It sees the club struggling to even get into the top of the table let alone finish in the European qualification places.

Roberto Martinez says that he remains confident that the club can cope without the presence of Gareth Barry for the upcoming clash with Arsenal at Goodison Park.

The former Aston Villa and Manchester City midfielder has been an enormous presence in the centre of the park for Everton. He has provided the quality and experience required to deal with tight pressure situations. He was a major factor in the 2-0 win over Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-final. Barry was involved in a number of altercations with opposition striker Diego Costa, which resulted in the Spaniard being sent off for a second yellow card.