Scout Report- Gerard Deulofeu

Gerard Deulofeu is a name that is synonymous with football fans. He came from the famed Barcelona academy La Masia which has produced players like Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Xavi, and Iniesta who went on to become legends of the game. But he couldn’t live up to the expectation placed upon him.

He had various loan spells at Everton and Sevilla, before signing permanently for the Toffees. He was again sent on loan to this time AC Milan before returning to where he learned his football aka Barcelona who activated his buy-back clause. He later joined Watford Initially on loan, before making his move permanent. In 2020, he joined Udinese on a season-long loan. The following year he made his move permanent for three-and-a-half years.

After losing Rodrigo De Paul to Atletico Madrid, the Udine club cried out for a playmaker, and the Catalan assured them that he was more than capable of filling the void. His contributions have seen him being linked with the likes of Aston Villa.

Looking at his heatmap, he has been deployed as a midfielder, a left winger, and a right winger. The bright spot indicates where he made most of his actions in the form of passes,  assists,  shots,  goals, touches made, and so on. From his heatmap, even though it shows that he was deployed in all of these positions, he was more used as a left-winger and as a advanced midfielder.

We will dive into his statistics.

Passes

passes to the final third

Key Passes

Progressive Passes

Assists

Touches Made

Goal Scored

Player Visualization

Passes

The Spaniard made a total of 1013 passes, out of which he completed 443 of them. He made 29.49 passes per 90, which puts him in the 96 percentile. From his pass map, we can see that he has made the majority of his passes in the attacking third and in the penalty box.

Despite appearing to make passes in both the wings and the midfield, the heatmap shows that he made the majority of his passes in the left wing