Birmingham Live. Barkley still has two and a half years remaining on his contract at Chelsea, which sees him take home a whopping £100,000-per-week.It seems Villa have to either face losing out on him or paying a significant fee in order to snatch him from Chelsea’s clutches.Chelsea paid out £250m in the previous window, but have failed to get the best out of their big-money acquisitions.Timo Werner and Kai Havertz have both struggled, and it seems Chelsea want to keep Barkley around for the long-term in order to provide support and competition for them.Villa instead are set to look at Bournemouth’s David Brooks as an alternative target.The playmaker, 23, was tipped to leave during the previous window after the Cherries’ relegation to the.
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