With Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool dragging their feet on the Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho transfers, respectively, Gerard Deulofeu is the favorite to start in the first leg of Barcelona’s Spanish Supercup clash against Real Madrid this Sunday.
This summer, the winger rejoined the team that brought him up since age six until 19, after passing through Everton, Sevilla, and AC Milan. Barcelona exercised their buyback clause to bring him back on the cheap. The suspicion was they were trying to move him on for a profit.