Gerard Deulofeu

[Khalekan]

Definitely should try & keep him someway !!

Be foolish not to.

 

[Khalekan]

I would if I was him. Getting a game in sunny Italy's better than sitting on a bench on Merseyside.

The weather in Milan in winter is pretty much the same as here

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Koeman isn't a stick in the mud though. Show him you're worthy and he'll pick you. Ross and Jagielka show this. Del would need to show a lot more maturity though I'd say.

Only he who is worthy can carry The Hammer of Ronk!

 

[Abraders]

Happy birthday Gerri

 

[Steve Wigan]

see how he does in pre-season, plus europa league qualifiers(hopefully) and through august, if hes still a little silly sausage then sell him to hull

If we sold him to Hull, Oumar would score an absolute bagful simply by standing in the penalty area waiting for the ball from Geri.

 

[Neiziro]

It'll turn out to be another Mustafi situation. Mark my words - we're going to regret this massively.

 

[ilikecheese]

How's old paper lungs getting along?

 

[toffeejack]

we'll sell him abroad and he'll be pretty good there and people will start crying and saying we were wrong to sell him etc. but it's fairly clear he's not physically or mentally cut out for this league. I would still keep him and give him a good role as a squad player because he could be a useful weapon off the bench and in europe, but doubt he'd be happy with that.

 

[Nasseline]

we'll sell him abroad and he'll be pretty good there and people will start crying and saying we were wrong to sell him etc. but it's fairly clear he's not physically or mentally cut out for this league. I would still keep him and give him a good role as a squad player because he could be a useful weapon off the bench and in europe, but doubt he'd be happy with that.

Spot on mate

 

[Moham-17]

Spot on mate

Agreed, he is a one trick pony. It's a good trick (his crosses rise and drop wickedly), but not the kind of player that we can use for 90 minutes in this league in his current state.

 

[Abraders]

Deffo want him back here next season for Europe etc, hopefully he can push on

 

[Moham-17]

I do agree he's very important depth for Europe, I don't see any reason why we wouldn't try to bring him back.

Only question I guess is would he want to come back.

 

[davek]

I do agree he's very important depth for Europe, I don't see any reason why we wouldn't try to bring him back.

Only question I guess is would he want to come back.

Starter for the 7 times EC winners at the San Siro every other week or warming our bench waiting to replace a chicken with no head for ten minutes per game?

We should have never loaned him out. We had the option of using Deulofeu to turn games, now he's had a taste of that in Italy he'll be begging his agent to get a permanent move.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Starter for the 7 times EC winners at the San Siro every other week or warming our bench waiting to replace a chicken with no head for ten minutes per game?

We should have never loaned him out. We had the option of using Deulofeu to turn games, now he's had a taste of that in Italy he'll be begging his agent to get a permanent move.

In fairness mate the quality of the AC Milan team he is starting for is not in the same league as the ones that won multiple European cups/Champions leagues.

I'd rather we kept him too, but I think it was Deulefeu who drove this as he wasn't content with a bit part from the bench. I also think he may have been a disruptive influence in the changing room too, given that he wasn't even making the squad at times in January. There's only one outcome in those scenarios.

However I think it was a big mistake to let him go out on loan without getting a like for like player in during the window, especially with Bolasie being out.

 

[Kenshin]

It'll turn out to be another Mustafi situation. Mark my words - we're going to regret this massively.

To be fair here, two different everton managers have decided not to play him. If he was as good a prospect as we used to all agree he was then there would be no way he would be let go, especially considering Aaron Lennon has stayed in the mean time over him, and formerly Deloufeu was dropped for Lennon last season.