Does Deulofeu stay or part? The fate of the striker and the rumors of Joao Pedro’s arrival

Udinese number 10: «I told my agent not to tell me anything about the transfer market». Gino Pozzo will listen to the offers and Sarr will sell to Watford, Friuli hypothesis for the Brazilian

UDINE. Go, stay or still do not know? The future of Gerard Deulofeu is a question mark. The number 10 of Udinese in the last few hours has tried to put a stop to the rumors that they want him leaving Friuli in the coming weeks, he has guaranteed that he is fine in Udine, but has not put a stop to possible negotiations. In short, “I do not move” he did not say. Indeed, he did a little ‘gnorri. “I can’t say anything, because I told my agent not to tell me anything.”

And here the stage falls, because the agent is Albert Botines, owner of Goal Management who just over a month ago declared: «There are still two years of contract with Udinese, there is a great relationship with the Pozzo family, but we all agree that next season for Deulofeu could be the one for an important leap ». Words referring to Radio Marte which follows the exploits of Napoli daily and who wanted to know if the hypothesis of a replacement of Lorenzo Insigneintended to play in Toronto, is a viable track.

“There are no possibilities to exclude,” said Botines himself on the sidelines, who had already registered the interest of Olympique Marseille in January, where another of his assistants, the former Roma goalkeeper, plays.Pau Lopez

Then Gino Pozzo, who has always been unwilling to dismantle teams in mid-season (there was also an offer from West Ham in the air), postponed the discussion at the end of the season and it is logical that from next Monday and for the following month the offers for Deulofeu will be taken into consideration by Udinese. The evaluation? No less than 20 million, after a season of 12 goals and 5 assists, even though the Catalan is already 28 years old.

And then who will get here if the good “Geri” goes elsewhere? From now on Gino Pozzo will have to play the cards he has in his hand between Watford and Udinese to the best of his ability to set up advanced departments to match: to complete the explosion of the Portuguese Beto in Friuli, to try to get back to the Premier in Hertfordshire. According to rumors bouncing from England, Watford is ready to sell the Senegalese Ismaila Sarr to monetize and finance your market. In line there is the rich Newcastle who can take on a really heavy salary, especially from a Serie A perspective: 3 million 276 thousand pounds, about 3.9 in euros. The idea is to lighten the amount of wages at Vicarage Road, so much so that even the top player, in terms of salary, the French international Moussa Sissokoshould end up on the market in order not to pay the last year of the contract at 4 million 160 thousand pounds.

In attack, the Nigerian would remain available Emmanuel Dennis and the Brazilian Joao Pedro: here is the 20-year-old product of Fluminense has a much more Udinese-style salary, 650 thousand pounds and with an agreement for the Serie A over one million euros he would also benefit from the Growth Decree in terms of tax exemption. In terms of role and talent, he is the player who could replace Deulofeu. The other night he was the author of the goal of the Watford flag in the 5-1 with Leicester City, but the English observers pointed out that for scoring chances (3), shots in the area (6) and shots on goal ( 5) Joao Pedro was more productive than any other Premier League player on matchday 37, the penultimate of the season. In short, he does not lack class