The board changes many things. Bearing in mind this is the same board that several times made personnel changes against what even Pep wanted nevermind trying to sell Messi. So I don't think Lucho would have anymore latitude
Lucho is a club legend but he's also neither Catalan nor a La Masia product. A very intense personality, not unlike Emery for some things but even as a player he had a ferocious manner to his play. Same coach that had a fairly publicized spat with Messi to the point that there's rumoured to be a freeze in dialog between the two.
However, there's no doubt that Geri is in a tough spot. I already thought he was more out than in after he was sent to Sevilla but now that he's been benched there it could push him further out of the club
Everyone can debate the finer points about what he's lacking in his game or what he's not working hard enough to improve but no cantera player in a decade has been as poorly handled as Deulofeu. Cantera players at least get a shot with the first team if not a season and the biggest promise of the club didn't? That'd be a bitter pill for any footballer but a Catalan one with a personality like his who has rebuffed poaching from England for years? Like the gutter the club has found themselves in with today's indictment of Rosell & Bartomeu, this board is capable of things that have never happened at the club before.
So, a new board, especially if Laporta returns, could dramatically course correct the club & its disastrous policies of late and that includes Deulofeu...Because if nothing else, a new board very often brings in their coach & transfers too...And since Lucho has shown he isn't trusting Deulofeu then either he wins everything or he'll be changed too
For the player though, he simply has to play - regardless of where but gets minutes against top competition..Can't be doing his confidence any good and the fact that he isn't even in the match squad suggests he's in the proverbial doghouse - maybe for his barking to the press, maybe for failing to convince Emery in training...So while he doesn't need to be coddled, he certainly deserves better than he's gotten
In Emery's defense, despite having been poor in the Primera of late, Vitolo & Gameiro have been in great form...Yet that wouldn't explain why even Denis Suarez isn't playing any longer either...Hard to comprehend but Sevilla are wise to stick to the players they've financially invested in rather than loanees...Another reason to despise loans, IMHO
