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title: "Aston Villa: Fans react to Barkley loan fee"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Aston Villa"
published: "2021-03-17T19:15:42Z"
modified: "2021-03-17T19:36:36Z"
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# Aston Villa: Fans react to Barkley loan fee

**Plenty of Aston Villa fans have been reacting to a post regarding a possible permanent swoop for on-loan midfielder Ross Barkley.**

According to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-purslow-spearheading-permanent-barkley-move-to-aston-villa/), Villa chief executive Christian Purslow is spearheading a permanent move for the 27-year-old, with the Blues wanting £35m for his full-time services.

Dean Smith is [reportedly](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-purslow-spearheading-permanent-barkley-move-to-aston-villa/) yet to be convinced over a potential [club-record deal](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/transferrekorde/verein/405) this summer, with Barkley failing to start any of the[club’s last four Premier League games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ross-barkley/leistungsdaten/spieler/131978), despite [Jack Grealish missing those fixtures with a leg issue](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jack-grealish/leistungsdaten/spieler/203460).

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[Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-purslow-spearheading-permanent-barkley-move-to-aston-villa/) went on to add that Villa paid Chelsea a huge £11m fee to take Barkley to the Midlands for the 2020/21 season.

The Blues paid Everton [just over £15m for the England international back in 2018](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ross-barkley/transfers/spieler/131978) – meaning Villa have handed Chelsea 66% of that deal three years ago just for a loan spell.

[@AbsoluteChelsea](https://twitter.com/AbsoluteChelsea/status/1371856006175731714) shared [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-purslow-spearheading-permanent-barkley-move-to-aston-villa/)’s update, specifically on the £11m reveal, which led to these Villa fans giving their views. One even labelled the fee as ‘farcical’.

### Villa fans react

**“Farcical…”**

[Credit: @seb\_mannell](https://twitter.com/seb_mannell/status/1371922390951862277)

**“Yikes”**

[Credit: @\_CJAV](https://twitter.com/_CJAV/status/1371869555417567235)

**“Pain.”**

[Credit: @georgeprokopa](https://twitter.com/georgeprokopa/status/1371869692588097538)

**“Nobody pays that kind of fee without a option too buy which we don’t have, absolute rubbish UTV”**

[Credit: @Dean41210127](https://twitter.com/Dean41210127/status/1371901522947276804)

**“Nah no way”**

[Credit: @momoislam96](https://twitter.com/momoislam96/status/1371894136366841865)

**“It’s called wages….”**

[Credit: @BandanaSavos](https://twitter.com/BandanaSavos/status/1371896377710682112)

***In other news: Many Villa fans have been left fuming with a specific pre-Spurs annoucement, find out more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/aston-villa-fans-react-to-mike-dean-appointment/).***