Luton Town midfielder, Ross Barkley has come out to open up on his failed Chelsea move. This is coming as he impresses on his return to the Premier League, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, Everton fans were really angry when he chose to leave them for Chelsea, and some very passionate supporters even called him a money grabber on the street.
Barkley added that the jibes eventually settled after 2 years, but he and his mum definitely had it rough in the beginning.
His words, “When I went back [to Merseyside] I used to get fans shouting from the cars, calling me names. I used to just laugh. Fans are passionate and if you’re one of them they feel you’ve let Everton down. They’d shout ‘money grabber’. The fans called me a ‘rat’.
My mum stayed so she found it difficult. Whenever she’d go out people stopped and asked, ‘Why did he decide to leave?’ My mum’s tried to keep a low profile and just go about her business. That’s one thing she hated but within a year or two it settled, it was fine. Now, when I go back to the city, everyone’s got over it. The fans last year when I was on a free wanted me to go back.”
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