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Player Valuation: £10m
If Emery got a preseason with a player like Deulofeu & had the same depth out wide or for a goalscorer? Definitely excellent
And Martinez' failure to play Deulofeu more on the right at times was less daft than Emery playing him as a CF ala Bacca
Hypotheticals are pretty pointless, especially long after the fact...The reality is there is a ban and for whatever reason Lucho wanted Deulofeu to get more time outside the club...Everything I know about the club is based on how things were run before this board sabotaged it, before they kicked Thiago to the curb...Deulofeu has been a prized asset of the club for a long time so from a sporting perspective it's been illogical how he's been treated...As the candidates line up their agendas and big changes to come, Deulofeu would be a priority for any of them - so I would guess someone will look to reassure the player if not the cantera that the Catalan club will continue to rely on their academy players, especially the Catalan ones.
But I also understand that damage has already been done and the player has been chased by many clubs for nearly a decade so who knows what the player wants - it's just that he's under contract and no incoming President will squander a valuable asset like that...if he did return however, the reality is also that he has Adama making a great case to be the right sided wide player that could add legitimate depth to the first team squad...Of course, there are also some who think Adama might be converted into a RB which wouldn't impact Deulofeu necessarily
He's more out than in now, that's my feel of things but a new President could dramatically tilt things again so impossible to tell really
