Gerard Deulofeu

[LinekersLegs]

Well if it was up to me, I would keep him, despite his many flaws, but I think we all agree it aint up to me.

I will never repeat the above, I must return to hating him now.

I'm sure you will the very next time him fails to track back in the 56th minute lol

 

[Goat]

I'm sure you will the very next time him fails to track back in the 56th minute lol

Paper lunged wing nut ears!!!!!

 

[LinekersLegs]

Paper lunged wing nut ears!!!!!

But the very next moment he might be delivering a cross of exquisite precision...

Going to be an interesting watch if Spain and England meet in the U21s.

 

[ToffeeTim]

SELL

 

[formerly manx toffee]

Linked to AS Roma today. This is interesting as I guess this requires Barca not to invoke their buy back clause or Deulofeu not to agree to move back to them.

Once 1 July goes by this probably allows us to negotiate at market price, whatever that may be.

http://www.calciomercato.com/en/news/deulofeu-open-to-as-roma-switch-says-agent-31209

 

[neil999]

Wonder if this is getting delayed by u21 tournament as well? joyce did say barca had met release clause..

 

[Huyton Layne]

The only creative player out of our entire squad and the entire list of linked players. In terms of creative output he's just the level below Fabregas, De Bruyne, Hazard etc., and only 23 years old.

We've been getting by with no creativity in the squad because Lukaku puts away just about every chance. If we lose Lukaku and don't fix that then we're effed, our attack will be toothless.

Myth. People like to say this a lot on here but it's simple not true. He's decent in conversion rate but way below someone like Defoe who had next to no chances and had a decent tally of 15.

Oh and this if from January before he quit for a bit then started shooting from anywhere as Kane overtook his tally

 

[Goat]

Myth. People like to say this a lot on here but it's simple not true. He's decent in conversion rate but way below someone like Defoe who had next to no chances and had a decent tally of 15.

Lukaku had an overall conversion rate of 29.1% 55 shots on target and 31 shots off target in 37 appearances. (Excludes 24 blocked shots
Read more at http://www.squawka.com/players/romelu-lukaku/stats, Defoe was 24.6% 31 shots on target and 30 shots off target in 37 appearances. (Excludes 37 blocked shots)
Read more at http://www.squawka.com/players/jermain-defoe/stats

 

[Huyton Layne]

Lukaku had an overall conversion rate of 29.1% 55 shots on target and 31 shots off target in 37 appearances. (Excludes 24 blocked shots
Read more at http://www.squawka.com/players/romelu-lukaku/stats, Defoe was 24.6% 31 shots on target and 30 shots off target in 37 appearances. (Excludes 37 blocked shots)
Read more at http://www.squawka.com/players/jermain-defoe/stats

Then Defoe must have had a terrible second half because he was about 35% in January. Either way Lukaku is not this amazing conversion beast he's made out to be as he's very similar to the other "top" forwards.

 

[jonnyboy316]

Linked to AS Roma today. This is interesting as I guess this requires Barca not to invoke their buy back clause or Deulofeu not to agree to move back to them.

Once 1 July goes by this probably allows us to negotiate at market price, whatever that may be.

http://www.calciomercato.com/en/news/deulofeu-open-to-as-roma-switch-says-agent-31209

I was thinking the same. Interesting to know if the 10.5m is just for Barca. I would say he is worth 15 although Italy are not usually big payers

 

[toffeejack]

Still find it odd that deula is a captain, he has no leadership traits

 

[Deulofeumygod]

I wondered about this. A captain that can only last an hour. Bit weird

 

[Hangleton]

Still find it odd that deula is a captain, he has no leadership traits

He probably won it in a "spit the dummy" competition.
Seriously, I think he has been playing for the team for the last three or four seasons and has paid his dues.

 

[Martino Robertez]

Can't really understand why we are going to sell him especially when his replacement is going to be half as good and twice/three times the price.
If we could work out a way of getting him to play for more than 60-70 mins a match he'd be even better.

 

[d34noj]

Can't really understand why we are going to sell him especially when his replacement is going to be half as good and twice/three times the price.
If we could work out a way of getting him to play for more than 60-70 mins a match he'd be even better.

We already did that in replacing him with Bolasie. As I've said many times, selling him will bite us on the arse.

See Roma are linked, trading up from Salah.