This Chelsea player won’t be joining Irons

Ross Barkley is again being linked with a West Ham  move given the speculation that Villa have no intention of keeping the former Everton man.

But it’s a deal that isn’t going to happen.

Barkley is not what David Moyes wants having overseen the player’s youth and early professional career at Goodison Park between 2005-2013 where he was aware of him as a youth player and later oversaw his early professional years.

Nobody will know Barkley’s on and off field behaviour better than Moyes and he clearly holds no interest in bringing him to the London Stadium.

Chelsea have made it obvious that he is no longer in their plans and manager Thomas Tuchel is ready to offload the 27 year old along with striker Tammy Abraham.

Abraham is clearly of interest whilst Prague’s Abdallah Sima is another possibility but we can put the Barkley speculation to bed once and for all.

It won’t happen given that Moyes clear choice as an attacking midfielder is Jesse Lingard.