Arsenal and Spurs will need to cough up £50m if they want to sign Ross Berkley.
According to a report in The Times Everton have put that price on the midfielder even though he has only has one season left on his Goodison contract.
Barkley has been given until next week by Ronald Koeman to sign a new long term contract or be put on the transfer market.
Spurs were linked with the England midfielder before Christmas with Arsenal mentioned last month as they face a midfield exodus in the summer.
With Mesut Ozil, Jack Wilshere and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are all in the same contract situation as Barkley with their deals expiring in the summer of 2018.
Everton are keen to hold on to the 23-year-old but won’t allow it to be turned into a distraction.
Freezing the player out next season would be a drastic but by putting a £50m tag on his head Everton are letting other clubs know that there will be no fire sale at Goodison.