Monday, 11th August, 2014



Barcelona winger Gerard Deulofeu has still not been assigned a squad number by the Catalan giants amid speculation he is waiting for the number 17 to become available.

Deulofeu, who was on loan at Everton last term, has been wearing the number 23 in pre-season games, but that number has now been allocated to new signing Thomas Vermaelen.



According to El Mundo Deportivo, Deulofeu has his eyes on the number 17 shirt, on account of the fact that he wore the number 7 during his formative years at Barcelona and the number 10 on his loan at Everton.

The number 17 is currently taken up by defensive midfielder Alex Song, but he has been declared surplus to requirements at Barcelona.

 


Song joined the Spanish giants in 2012 from Arsenal, but has failed to establish himself as a regular fixture at the Camp Nou.

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The Cameroon international has been linked with a number of clubs this summer, including AC Milan, Inter, Napoli and Manchester United.

Song made 19 appearances in La Liga for Barcelona last term and has a further three years to run on his contract at the Camp Nou.

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