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It is a high-risk strategy being deployed by Ronald Koeman to issue a "sign or go" ultimatum to Everton midfielder Ross Barkley over his new contract.
Forget Barkley's ties to Everton, the club he joined as an 11-year-old having supported them as a boy growing up in Liverpool, the reality of modern-day football is that sentiment counts for little if it appears to be getting in the way of a successful career.