The Rise of Deulofeu

Football smiles again at Gerard Deulofeu. When at last it seemed that he had found the stability necessary to shine in the Watford, His stage in England had a bitter end, also twice. Just before the COVID-19 stoppage, the player tore his cruciate ligament preventing you from helping your team avoid descent at key moments of the season.

Thanks to the level shown in his second stage in Premier it seemed clear that at 26 years old he was not going to spend a year in Championship fighting back to the elite and the Udinese, a team owned by the Pozzo family like Watford, took over their services in the form of assignment. He could not play the first days, still in England, due to the injury and when little by little he was accumulating minutes and titles, missed three games in January due to bone edema.

A complicated start, the same recently acknowledged that he suffered a lot, that it was not inconvenient for the Italian team to make official the signing of the Catalan signing a contract until 2024. Deulofeu celebrated the news with a start against Spezia in which he was key with their assistance so that theirs took the victory by 0-1.

Luca Gotti once again trusted the Spanish to form an attack with Roberto Pereyra and the recently signed Fernando Llorente against Hellas Verona, and Deulofeu responded in the best possible way. The Barça squad was key in the 2-0 victory of his team provoking an own goal from goalkeeper Marco Silvestri in the 83rd minute and ending the match in the 91st minute with a shot adjusted to the post from outside the area.

This is his first goal in Seria A with Udinese since his only previous goal had been in the Cup and confirms the “good sensations“of which the player spoke in a recent interview. Deulofeu's goal is to recover his level and get plugged into the second half of the season, a goal and an assist, both keys, in the last two games they seem a good sign.

The Catalan I had not seen a goal in the league since January 1, 2020 against Wolverhampton, in what has been one of the hardest years of his football career. With his latest performances, its premiere goal scorer and with your signature stamped on a contract until 2024 We may be facing the resurgence of Deulofeu in Serie A. Something he already did at Milan after a bittersweet end at Everton.