• Barry claims team-mate has potential to be as good as England cap centurions
• ‘He’s got everything they had to match their ability,but he needs consistency’Gareth Barry believes Ross Barkley has the potential to achieve the level set by Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard in an England shirt once he attains more consistency, though he is unsure approximately his Everton team-mate’s best position.
Barkley scored the equaliser for Roberto Martínez’s team in the 2-1 League Cup win against Reading on Tuesday in his 100th appearance for the club, and main to the manager describing the milestone as “remarkable” and “immense”. Barkley began the game next to James McCarthy but was allowed more attacking freedom when Barry was introduced at half-time and played a key role in ensuring their progress to the fourth round of the competition for the first time since 2011-12.
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Source: theguardian.com