I have a feeling everton are calling his bluff & he will sign a new deal.
They know that no one will pay anywhere near the asking price for barkley.
Everton will sell him especially if they are trying to get Sigurdsson or type.
Everton are not going to let him get through the summer window because at that point Barkley's agent would let him run down his contract at considerable loss of revenue.
I am not saying we would then be in a position to buy him but any notion a player with a year on his contract will attract 50 million pounds is toffee pie in the sky.