Gerard Deulofeu

[maccavennie]

Very hard to set the world alight either at or never on the bench!
our debarcle performance away at watford he was a shining light - in the FA cup came on set up our goal set our attack alight = dropped!

aye Joey I'm a big fan of his but glad he has managed to get some game time as it would be a waste of talent not even making our squad.

I would have kept him mate, especially once Bolasie was injured I thought that left us light with creative options.

 

[ianefc]

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.

As the other poster said, can they loan him?

 

[Groucho]

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.

Interesting.

 

[Brahford]

Very hard to set the world alight either at or never on the bench!
our debarcle performance away at watford he was a shining light - in the FA cup came on set up our goal set our attack alight = dropped!

Quite!. That was a special run handing Lukaku it with a fork and spoon.

 

[Blueboy1]

Unbelievable that we could end up getting similar for him as to what we'll get for Niasse! Loved watching Geri play at times for us and good luck to him if he does go back to Barca - think he could end up being a really great player.

 

[toffeejack]

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.

do you mean our previous regime? The one that brought him here in the first place?

 

[ianefc]

do you mean our previous regime? The one that brought him here in the first place?

Yep.

 

[ijjysmith]

@FCBarça won in the end. The absolute melt.

 

[RFUS]

My only real beef with Koeman is ditching our tempestuous Spanish Prince.

Even if Koeman is right. I just miss him

 

[Goat]

LOL

Thank God.

 

[toffeejack]

Yep.

but we had to agree to those stipulations otherwise barca would never have sold him to us, how is it the previous regime's fault? If it wasn't for martinez we wouldn't even known he was.

 

[COYBL25]

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.

It was a gamble that we took, when we signed him mate.

The club always knew this scenario was a possibility.

I doubt he'll get anywhere near their first team, bar a few appearances as subs and cup games and will then be sold on.

I wish him well though, as if someone can get him fit enough to play at his best all the time, he's got potential to be a very special player.

 

[Goat]

Barca will insta sell him to Milan.

And before anybody says, yes, they can do that, the 3 year "deal" we had with them will be over, they are free to do what they want with THEIR player once they activate the buy back.

 

[Tin-Tin]

Barca will insta sell him to Milan.

And before anybody says, yes, they can do that, the 3 year "deal" we had with them will be over, they are free to do what they want with THEIR player once they activate the buy back.

Martinez on his deal back in 2015

"The player cannot be bought back in January, nor could Barcelona swoop for Deulofeu simply to sell him on immediately for a profit.

"They can't do that," he explained at a news conference. "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.

 

[Goat]

Martinez on his deal back in 2015

"The player cannot be bought back in January, nor could Barcelona swoop for Deulofeu simply to sell him on immediately for a profit.

"They can't do that," he explained at a news conference. "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.

They were the terms in 2015, when he had 2 years left on "his deal", the deal which expires this Summer.