Aston Villa today have confirmed the signing of Ross Barkley on loan from Chelsea.

This has been an excellent transfer window for Aston Villa, with Dean Smith adding some very good players including the club-record signing Ollie Watkins from Brentford.

However, adding Barkley to the squad is a massive coup for the club, even if it is on loan.

The 33-times England international has been at Stamford Bridge since moving from Everton in January 2018. The 26-year-old has played three times for Chelsea this season, scoring once. 

Barkley has hardly made a strong impact for the Blues since joining from Everton, and he is expected to drop down the pecking order at the club following the arrivals of Kai Havertz and Timo Werner.

Many Everton fans have taken to Twitter to express their reaction after the move was confirmed by the club. Barkley was loved by the Everton fans, but the manner in which he moved to Chelsea made him an unpopular figure at the club.

Here are some of the selected tweets:

How many young players leave us and have a better career apart from the obvious Rooney

— Richard Clein (@richardclein) September 30, 2020

Another Rodwell hahaha

— Jonathan