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title: "Ross Barkley reveals why he pulled plug on Chelsea move"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ste Hoare"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2017-09-02T20:38:27Z"
modified: "2017-09-02T20:38:27Z"
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# Ross Barkley reveals why he pulled plug on Chelsea move

Everton midfielder Ross Barkely has taken to Twitter to explain why he changed his mind about a move to Chelsea.

There had been reports which suggested that the England midfielder had taken a medical with the Premier League champions but he denied that was the case.

> Twitter: Contrary to a number of reports in the press, I did not undertake a medical with any club at any point. (@RBarkley20)

> Twitter: I simply decided that due to my injury, it would be best to make a decision on my future and assess all my options in January when fully fit (@RBarkley20)

Chelsea did some good business in the window but will be frustrated to have missed out on Barkely, as well as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Fernando Llorente.

Antonio Conte’s squad is certainly capable of competing on multiple fronts but missing out on Barkley late on will have been a blow for the Italian.