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10-01-2014, 12:33 AM
Martinez Warns United Off Baines And Barkley.
Everton manager Roberto Martinez has insisted he has no intention of allowing either Ross Barkley or Leighton Baines to leave the club amidst interest from Manchester United.
David Moyes has been pursuing his former left-back Baines since arriving at Old Trafford in the summer, and it is now thought that Ross Barkley has emerged as another of his top targets.
But Martinez does not want lose any of his key players as he plans to take Everton to European qualification.
Taken from the Daily Star, he said: “In January we want to make sure we don’t lose any of the top performers that we had in the first half of the season.
“If anything, as I mentioned very specifically, we want to bring in one or two new faces that could cover an area where we are going to be weaker in the second half of the season.
“In the window we’ve got something to lose, rather than something to gain with adding players for the sake of it.
“It’s going to be
Everton manager Roberto Martinez has insisted he has no intention of allowing either Ross Barkley or Leighton Baines to leave the club amidst interest from Manchester United.
David Moyes has been pursuing his former left-back Baines since arriving at Old Trafford in the summer, and it is now thought that Ross Barkley has emerged as another of his top targets.
But Martinez does not want lose any of his key players as he plans to take Everton to European qualification.
Taken from the Daily Star, he said: “In January we want to make sure we don’t lose any of the top performers that we had in the first half of the season.
“If anything, as I mentioned very specifically, we want to bring in one or two new faces that could cover an area where we are going to be weaker in the second half of the season.
“In the window we’ve got something to lose, rather than something to gain with adding players for the sake of it.
“It’s going to be