Koeman: Gareth Barry is one of the best players I have managed
Everton manager Ronald Koeman has hailed Gareth Barry after his match winner and claims that the former England man is one of the best players he has ever managed.
The Dutchman claims that Barry listens and uses his experience and was taking of the perfect positions that the coaching team were after.
“He is very clever player on the pitch,” he said. “His passing is fantastic.
“If the team is compact and you don’t need to run a lot in distance he can press and win tackles and he is aggressive and he was in the box today.
“That surprised me! Not that he was in the box, because at corners he took his position (that we wanted).
“But he’s still one of the best players that I have managed in my teams because of the cleverness of him in football is really a high quality.”
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