Both Chelsea and Arsenal are considering offering a professional contract to Barcelona’s 17-year-old youngster Gerard Deulofeu, according to talkSPORT.
The player has reportedly been watched by scouts from both London clubs, who may activate his £3m release clause to bring him to the English capital. Players in Spain are not allowed to sign professional contract until they turn 18, so the player could be snapped up in a similar way to how Arsenal took advantage of the ruling when they signed Cesc Fabregas as a 16-year-old.
Deulofeu has been linked with Chelsea several times before and had even rejected a move to west London a few years ago. However, rumours of interest in the player arose again in March this year and the player may be more inclined to move now seeing that his chances may be limited as Barcelona boast a wealth of young talent, especially as the emergence of Thiago Alcantara may limit his opportunities.
Chelsea recently signed Oriol Romeu from Barcelona and have made a number of other promising signings for the future, including Lucas Piazon, Ulises Davila and Romelu Lukaku. Could, Deulofeu, touted the ‘new Ronaldinho’ be joining the aforementioned at Stamford Bridge in the future?
According to reports written about the player, Deulofeu can play as wither a winger, attacking midfielder or a forward. He mostly operates out on the left, but is naturally right-footed and is blessed with pace and trickery.
Here are a few clips of Deulofeu in action:
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Chelsea should not allowed Arsenal to sign this guy.i mean we shold get him to strengthen our forward becos, he is very fast and fast runner. he has a Ronaldinho’s partan of playing so we shold not allow this guy snip out from us . up chelsea 4 life
chelsea should act fast to sign him is a good player