Our hearts can’t take much more of this.
After being rejected by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, after ending our pursuit of Alex Sandro empty handed, after failure after failure in the transfer window – Chelsea have been handed another major blow in their efforts to draft in reinforcements before the deadline.
BBC Sport’s David Ornstein has spoken to Five Live this evening, and he claims he has information from a ‘good’ source that Everton midfielder Ross Barkley has rejected Chelsea. See the video below.
“The information I’m receiving is that Ross Barkley has turned down a move to Chelsea” – @bbcsport_david #EFC #CFC #DeadlineDay pic.twitter.com/KApD480IwJ
— BBC 5 live Sport (@5liveSport) August 31, 2017