Ross Barkley OPENS UP to The Athletic ft. Jacob Tanswell
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🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:30.1 | Hello, welcome back to 1874. |
| 0:31.8 | I'm your host, Dan Bardell, joined by the Athletics, Aston Villa correspondent Jacob Tanzwell, |
| 0:36.4 | because Jacob's brought out a really important read today on the Athletic |
| 0:40.3 | with Aston Villa's midfielder, Ross Barkley. |
| 0:42.7 | Ross opened up to Jacob and talked through a variety of issues in his life. |
| 0:46.4 | And Jacob, just how was it to sit down with Ross and have this chat? |
| 0:50.5 | Yeah, I'm firstly, very, very proud of the interview and how it's gone. Obviously, it's very important that a footballer, like Ross, who's, you know, in the top flight, he's very established, opened up about some of the problems he's previously had. |
| 1:10.9 | And it was a really honest interview. |
| 1:13.7 | You know, so we talked about him going to E. Total therapy. |
| 1:19.4 | But also basically a wide-ranging interview from the start to finish really. |
| 1:22.9 | I was there with him for around an hour. |
| 1:25.9 | He talks about obviously being that teenage prodigy at Everton, |
| 1:29.9 | going to Chelsea, the frustrations that he had at Chelsea, the incidents that he had going on |
| 1:36.4 | night's out being punished by Chelsea being caught, you know, let out late at night, |
| 1:43.8 | the world publicised things that are already out there being a young local lad in |
| 1:49.0 | when he went in Merseyside and then being recognised and that leading into trouble as well. |
| 1:54.0 | So yeah, it's not always every day you get a top flight current primary footballer who's willing to speak so openly. |
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