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I'm not sure what you mean by setting the record straight. He's 21 years old and has so far played 2 and a bit seasons at a top level. You need to get over the "jewel in La Masia" tag he had. There have been plenty of kids who have been tipped for the top and most don't make it. What matters...

You said it was time to deliver but if that's not what you meant then I stand corrected.

He has plenty of time. He's only 21. You are expecting too much too soon.

Definitely. I thought it was going to be a low scorer so the saving grace was at least we saw some goals. Deulofeu is quality and perfectly suited to playing for us. With us he doesn't need to be perfect all the time but just like his first season what he offers us is assists and goals. When he...

It really was an awful game of football. I'm surprised you made it through till the end. Deulofeu was great.... well when he's not being awful. If you know what I mean. He's single handedly saving our season and once he irons out the loose passes and the misplaced touches he will be one hell...

Well he did offer 38m. I accept your point. All I was saying was from a perspective of someone who watches him every week I can see for myself it's not just hype.

You are probably right but that's just because they tend to pick off the best young talent in the country before the bigger clubs like Bayern, Real and Barca are willing to take the chance especially due to the cost that young English players demand in today's market however once he has proven...

I understand your reservations but I watch Stones every week and he is the real deal. His ability with the ball is as good as anyone I've seen at his age. I hope he does stay at least another 2 years because if he goes anywhere I would prefer it be Barca than Chelsea. Although in 2 years if we...

<blockquote class="twitter-video" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Video: Goal Deulofeu (Everton) vs Reading, seen from the stands <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fcblive?src=hash">#fcblive</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/buybackwatch?src=hash">#buybackwatch</a> [via <a...

Less cold this season. He has the 5th best average whoscored rating in the EPL. Besides he's still only 21 years old.

Lovely bit of skill. https://streamable.com/7mf8

Naive about Deulofeu? I was the one that said he wasn't ready to come back to Barca because it was too early and Sevilla would be a mistake because he would find it hard to get into their team plus Emery's tough love approach wouldn't work. Perhaps you need to take a look back on this thread...

Still to early to be considering him for Barca but he's been doing well this season for Everton with 2 goals and 3 assists so far in the league and an average whoscored rating of 7.65. I still think he needs to work a bit more on his fitness. He doesn't look quite as quick as in his first year...

I'm fully aware of how Deulofeu uses twitter. The point I'm making isn't one that he now hates Barca or even Sevilla for that matter. He doesn't and I would fully expect him to support both teams in the future. I also expect him to have in his mind that one day he wants to get to the level were...

I think you are making up a narrative you want to believe. He said that he wanted to stay and it was Lucho who insisted on bringing him back for Barca pre-season at the start of last season...

I think they sold him because he insisted on being sold. He was tweeting about Everton the whole of last season, favoriting all the tweets that said he should come back and publicly insisted that he wouldn't go out on loan again. I think he gave up on Barca before Barca gave up on him - so at...

I think Barca wanted to keep him but Deulofeu rightly in my opinion wanted to leave. It's a deal with both a buyback and 1st refusal so I don't think Barcelona have given up on him at all but he needs to be at a place were he will develop by playing and being an important member of the team...

The big question is why we left it so late in the window. I'm not saying we would have got him but what the president said makes a lot of sense. I don't know if we will get him in January as Barca are definitely his first choice so it remains to be seen whether Barca are actually interested but...

I think it's the fact he's coming back from a hamstring injury and Martinez doesn't want to push him too much. Frankly the position he plays in our team doesn't require him to do too much defending as we tend to leave one winger forward while the other tucks in to help the midfield. It's the job...

Harsh. The owner has actually said publicly that Everton do qualify as a top club. I think he never planned to sell him to anyone this window. It would appear we are his first choice after Barca although it's debatable whether Barca are actually interested.