The Toffees had agreed a deal with Chelsea, thought to be around £25m, on transfer deadline day, with Barkley then supposedly reporting for a medical at Stamford Bridge.
Claims suggest the 23-year-old then had a change of heart before walking out on the Blues, but those reports now appear to be false.
"It was simply that he would rather make a decision about his next move when he is fully fit, rather than arrive at a new club injured," BBC Sport quoted a source as saying.”
Barkley will now return to Goodison Park until at least the January transfer window.