Gerard Deulofeu

chicoazul · March 30, 2017

Callum_efc said:
Barca still have a first option with Deulofeu?

Yes.

Callum_efc · March 30, 2017

chicoazul said:
Yes.

bastards!

AndyZ · March 30, 2017

mascoq66700 said:
He's suited to the European Leagues but the Prem week by week is just too physically demanding for him.Proved at Seville that teams that play a high tempo pressing game are just not suited to his style.Fingers crossed we end up getting some decent money for him,even though the contract with Barcelona makes it complicated.

No. If the likes of Sane, Sterling, etc. can play in this league so can Deulofeu.

LinekersLegs · March 30, 2017

MorgsGoat said:
We have played 13,183 passes, 2,226 were considered long, 2,057 went backwards, so that means that roughly 7,000 passes went forward with a passing accuracy of 82%.

Hardly the stuff of long hopeful punts up field.

Compared to last season, when we made 23,888 passes, 88 were considered long, 21,455 went backwards and roughly 2,000 forward passes.

Love it when you fight stats with stats x

a bell maul · March 30, 2017

I always suspected Barcalona would exercise their option...now I'm certain of it.

4737carlin · March 30, 2017

AndyZ said:
No. If the likes of Sane, Sterling, etc. can play in this league so can Deulofeu.

Not for us! He is in the right place now for him, good luck to him, just like Niasse players find homes, two chances at Everton and neither impressed, a third would be madness.

PeregrineT · March 30, 2017

I thought it was discussed last year, that if Barca exercise the option for Del they have to play him, they cant turn around and sell him? If so, that does make it a little less likely they will use it, unless he REALLY lights it up.

tim cahill · March 30, 2017

PeregrineT said:
I thought it was discussed last year, that if Barca exercise the option for Del they have to play him, they cant turn around and sell him? If so, that does make it a little less likely they will use it, unless he REALLY lights it up.

He could be a great option from the bench for them. It's crazy that he can't even play that role for us. It's such a shame that it looks like he's played his last game for us. He should be in our first 11 imo.

ToffeeTim · March 30, 2017

Koeman will know best. If there's a good fee on the table then he will sell. If there isn't, and we've EL football then he's another squad option in games more suited to him.

flibbyflob · March 30, 2017

Eggs said:
..I'm a fan but I think RK clearly isn't so that's probably the end of it as far as Deulofeu and Everton are concerned.

Precisely how I see it. Can't see any of the first team players he loaned out in January having any future here, all be gone in the summer or loaned out again next season.

welshtoffee · March 30, 2017

AndyZ said:
No. If the likes of Sane, Sterling, etc. can play in this league so can Deulofeu.

The problem is Andy the likes of Sterling and Sane don't look completely goosed after 30 minutes, not sure if he has a medical condition (Ashtma etc) but for such a young guy his fitness levels look very poor.

BlueToff · March 30, 2017

Glad he's hitting some form.

Hopefully he keeps this up and he'll be given a chance in pre-season.

If indeed we get Europe, it'd be great to have him as an option.

longers · March 30, 2017

Eggs · March 30, 2017

flibbyflob said:
Precisely how I see it. Can't see any of the first team players he loaned out in January having any future here, all be gone in the summer or loaned out again next season.

..like it or not like it, Koeman has certainly done a good job in moving players on that he doesn't want. In the modern game where many players are happy to sit on fat contracts that is an achievement in itself.