Had to be a day like any other for Gerard Deulofeu. Get up early, take the bus to school Leo XIII, eating and, in the afternoon, train with the Junior A Oscar Garcia. But an unexpected call changed plans Riudarenes player early in the morning, while attending a math class. Pep Guardiola required to train with the first team again, and now they're six, despite the promising end just turned 17 years (03/13/1994).
Gerard had to leave school at full speed and go immediately to the Ciutat Esportiva. But despite the rush could not avoid being five minutes late.
Obviously it was not his fault, he had been warned with little notice. However, skip the pitch five minutes later, the jokes easily holds some veterans like Victor Valdes who yelled pointing at the clock.
The new crack 'made in' club has come to a good start in the Barca dressing room. Aware of his enormous talent and meteoric progression, the older you have been treated with special delicacy in the six times he has shared a dressing room with them. And experts say that the young striker is set to become the future Messi Catalan, by their individual, his dribble and a way to meet one on one out of the ordinary.
The case of Girona player, runner-up in Europe with the sub 17, is exceptional. Barca came to youth football at age 9 and has since been burning at a higher rate categories that corresponded to age. Without going any further, Deulofeu would correspond to be in the Junior B, to be young freshmen. However, just half a month ago, on February 28, Catalan in the Barcelona B debut of Luis Enrique to the Córdoba, becoming the second youngest player in history to debut in the subsidiary.
Brash and off the field, his play has not gone unnoticed by some big European. But the fans are quiet, the club has no intention of letting him go.
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