Everton's Nikola Vlasic Admits He Wanted Barkley's No.8 Shirt & That No.19 Was Kept for Diego Costa
osta ?Everton striker Nikola Vlasic has admitted that he wanted Ross Barkley's No.8 shirt having joined from Hajduk Split in the summer. The 20-year-old also revealed that he was denied the No.19 shirt because it was being saved for the potential arrival of Diego Costa. The Spanish forward instead ended up agreeing a deal with Atletico Madrid, leaving Everton without a true replacement for Romelu Lukaku and Vlasic with the No.27 shirt. "No.27 was free, I wanted 8 but Ross Barkley wears it,...
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Source: 90min.com