we only paid 4 million for him i guess but you're right, in the current market he's worth much more. Can Barca loan him out again or do they have to keep him in the squad for a year?Seems clear that Koeman got the heads up on the Barca deal and thought it'd be useless intergrating him further into our plans.
He'll do well in Spain. I'm sure I read if Barca activate this clause the have to keep him for 12 months. So they must have ideals on him playing.
£12m is not the best deal though, in reality, he's probably worth more than that. Previous regime screws us.
Seems clear that Koeman got the heads up on the Barca deal and thought it'd be useless intergrating him further into our plans.
He'll do well in Spain. I'm sure I read if Barca activate this clause the have to keep him for 12 months. So they must have ideals on him playing.
£12m is not the best deal though, in reality, he's probably worth more than that. Previous regime screws us.
That'll ruin him if they get [Poor language removed] for a 4th separate time.we only paid 4 million for him i guess but you're right, in the current market he's worth much more. Can Barca loan him out again or do they have to keep him in the squad for a year?
Barcelona HAVE TO keep him one season.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/19/everton-gerard-deulofeu-barcelona-buyback-clause
And I quote...
"Deulofeu’s development is being closely monitored by Barcelona and it has been suggested that, even if the player does not feature in Luis Enrique’s first-team plans, the Spanish champions could re-sign him with a view to selling on at a profit.
But Martínez explained: “They can’t do that. There are certain things in the deal. They can’t take him back in the winter so they can’t take him back in January. It can only be at the end of the season. It is €9m for the first year and €12m in the second year.
“If they take him back they can’t sell him for a season, so he has to stay in the first-team squad for a season. At the end of that if they decide to sell him we have got first rights of getting him back or we have got a big percentage of that deal. There is nothing we can do if they activate it. That was the deal and the only way we could access the player in the terms that we wanted. I’m delighted with the deal.”
Don't think Barca could activate the clause if he didn't want to leave or we didn't want to sell. Also think their possible renewed interest in him doesn't pre-date his performances for Milan and selection for his national side.Seems clear that Koeman got the heads up on the Barca deal and thought it'd be useless intergrating him further into our plans.
He'll do well in Spain. I'm sure I read if Barca activate this clause the have to keep him for 12 months. So they must have ideals on him playing.
£12m is not the best deal though, in reality, he's probably worth more than that. Previous regime screws us.
Very hard to set the world alight either at or never on the bench!do we have a say in the matter or is it basically "yeah we want him back now" and they pay 12m.
if that is the case bloody good job he didn't set the world alight for us this season as we'd be fuming selling him for 12m lol
not a bad reading of the situation Ian. possible he did know.
And yep, they have to keep him for a season before selling on.