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Asked about the rumours linking Barcelona Cadete A wing attacker and Spanish youth international Gerard Deulofeu (14) with a move to Liverpool (read more here), the player's father Marcelo Deulofeu has denied to Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo that the player has a pre-agreement with the English Premier League club.

Marcelo Deulofeu did confirm that Liverpool is following his son for a while now and that Barcelona already asked the Catalan player not to leave the club.

The player's father regretted that people are trying to set things up without his involvement, while he and his wife María Jesús are the only legal representatives of the young attacker. The paper claims that other clubs like Manchester United, Real Madrid, Tottenham and Villarreal are also interested in the player.

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British sports site Sky Sports claims that Liverpool are planning a move for Barcelona Cadete A wing attacker and Spanish youth international Gerard Deulofeu (14).

Liverpool scout Paco de Gracia would have recommended the Catalan player to Liverpool manager Rafa Benítez (read more here).

The English Premier League club wants to hold off other interested clubs like Chelsea and Arsenal, and Liverpool would therefore now be ready to firm up their interest in Deulofeu by making an offer for his services.

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Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Liverpool is intensifying their interest in Barcelona Cadete A wing attacker and Spanish youth international Gerard Deulofeu (14).

The English Premier League club would recently have sent scouts to the Under-16 Spanish championships for Autonomous Regions to watch the performances of Deulofeu, who was representing Catalonia in the tournament.

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Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that scouts of the English and Italian top clubs are keeping a close eye on the most talented players of the Barcelona youth academy.

English Premier League clubs Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, as well as Serie A clubs Inter Milan,AC Milan and Juventus, would all regularly send scouts to Spain to watch the youth teams of Barcelona in action.

The paper drew up a list of the ten players who attract the most attention of the foreign clubs:

- Atlètic wing attacker Gai Assulin (17)
- Atlètic attacking midfielder Thiago Alcántara (17)
- Atlètic centre forward Rubén Rochina (17)
- Juvenil A attacking midfielder Jonathan dos Santos (18)
- Juvenil A defensive midfielder Oriol Romeu (17)
- Juvenil A left wing attacker Adrià Carmona (16 - picture)
- Juvenil A central defender Marc Muniesa (16)
- Cadete A midfielder Rafa Alcántara (15)
- Cadete A wing attacker Gerard Deulofeu (14)
- Cadete B midfielder Fernando Quesada (14)


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Spanish football site Joinfutbol claims that the rumours linking Barcelona Cadete A wing attacker and Spanish youth international Gerard Deulofeu (14) with several English Premier League clubs (read more here), has caused serious competition amongst agents to get the chance to represent the player.

Ginés Carvajal (picture), the agent of Real Madrid forward Raúl, and Josep Maria Orobitg, the agent of Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola, would be amongst the agents interested to represent the Catalan player.

Confronted with all the offers, the parents of Deulofeu would now have asked the agents how much they would be willing to pay to become the official representative of the player.

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Asked about the rumours linking Chelsea with several Barcelona youth players (read more here), Chelsea head scout for Spain and Portugal Juan Cruz Sol has denied in an interview with Catalan sports paper Sport that Chelsea is interested in Barcelona Atlètic attacking midfielder and Spanish youth international Thiago Alcántara (17) or his younger brother, Barcelona Cadete A midfielder and Spanish youth international Rafael "Rafa" Alcántara (15).

Cruz Sol nevertheless confirmed that the English Premier League club is monitoring Barcelona Cadete A wing attacker and Spanish youth international Gerard Deulofeu (14), although a transfer is not an option at this moment: "I saw Deulofeu play and I will keep on following him, but Chelsea didn't talk with him or with Barcelona. Everybody likes Deulofeu but this doens't necessarily means we will sign him.

We know that a lot of clubs are following him. Which is normal because he's a very talented player who can be decisive. Technically he's great and he's very intelligent, although you should always see which progress he will make in the future."

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Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Chelsea is closely monitoring five Barcelona youth players:

Barcelona Atlètic winger Gai Assulin (17), Barcelona Atlètic attacking midfielder Thiago Alcántara (17 - picture), Juvenil A central defender Marc Muniesa (16), Cadete A midfielder Rafael "Rafa" Alcántara (15) and Cadete A wing attacker Gerard Deulofeu (14).

Chelsea chief scout Hans Gillhaus, the right hand of Chelsea sports director Frank Arnesen, would have travelled to Madrid last week to meet - together with Chelsea head scout for Spain and Portugal Juan Cruz Sol - with Mazinho, the father of the two Alcántara brothers (read more here).

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Chelsea is the favourite to sign Deulofeu if the player would decide to leave Barcelona (read more here). Liverpool and Arsenal are also interested.

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Asked about the rumours linking him with several English Premier League clubs (read more here), Barcelona Cadete A wing attacker Gerard Deulofeu (14) has said to Catalan regional newspaper Diari de Girona that he has no intention to leave Barcelona:

"I prefer not to talk about the rumours because I'm not dealing with that issue. But my dream is to make my debut with Barcelona's first team in the Camp Nou.

I'm playing some six years for Barcelona now and I feel really comfortable here. I got used to travel to Barcelona with a cab every day. Sometimes I'm sharing a cab with other youth players from my region.

Before Ronaldinho was my idol, but now it's Bojan. It's the player I like the most of the current Barcelona squad and for me he's an example to follow since he also came through the youth ranks."

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British tabloids The Daily Mirror and The Daily Mail claim that English Premier League clubs Arsenal and Chelsea are involved in a fight over Barcelona Cadete A wing attacker Gerard Deulofeu (14) (read more here).

Asked about the rumours linking him with a move to English top clubs like Chelsea, Arsenal or Liverpool (read more here), Barcelona Cadete A wing attacker Gerard Deulofeu (14) has said to Spanish football site Air Futbol that he plans to stay in Barcelona:

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that several English Premier League clubs are interested in Barcelona Cadete A wing attacker Gerard Deulofeu (14).

Scouts of Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool have been following the performances of Deulofeu during an international youth tournament in the Netherlands earlier this year and this has lead to contacts with the entourage of the Catalan player.

Although several agencies have already offered their services to his parents, Deulofeu, who joined Barcelona from Espanyol a few years ago, is at this moment not yet represented by a professional agent.

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that it looks like Armando Ufarte could become the agent of the Spanish youth international.

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