{"id":24465,"date":"2018-11-02T14:49:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T14:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=24465"},"modified":"2018-11-02T14:49:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T14:49:22","slug":"the-only-person-in-the-world-whod-be-happier-at-watford-than-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/the-only-person-in-the-world-whod-be-happier-at-watford-than-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"The only person in the world who\u2019d be happier at Watford than Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Most players dream of being a Barcelona player. To follow in the footsteps of the legends like Lionel Messi, Xavi and Iniesta is the piannacle of their careers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But for one player the weight of expectation at the Catalan club was just too much.<\/p>\n<p>Gerard Deulofeu, who Watford signed for \u00a313 million this summer, spoke to <em>Offiside Rules Exclusive<\/em>about his time at the Nou Camp and the pressure involved with being dubbed the \u201cnew Messi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t take the chance of staying at Barcelona because playing there is so difficult and sometimes I didn\u2019t have the chance, the confidence of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>But now I\u2019m here at Watford, I\u2019m still young and the coach is tough. He is always trying to get the best out of me, which is good because if not you will be asleep on the pitch and you go down.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cWe tried two times&#8230; I don\u2019t want to try three times&#8230; it\u2019s too hard.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>The 24-year-old spoke that being in a front three with Messi and Suarez just wasn\u2019t him: \u201cI\u2019m a former Barcelona player, but maybe my style is more similar to the one of a Real Madrid or Manchester City player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy best football is in the Premier League and Watford put a lot of confidence in me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And this is proving to be the case. His goal on Saturday, against Huddersfield, was one of the highest order, and his eight assists and 2 goals at Everton two seasons ago are signs his game is suited to England\u2019s top-flight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">FAN VIEW \ud83d\ude33\ud83d\udd25 RA TA TA <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JXMtRiqU95\">pic.twitter.com\/JXMtRiqU95<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gerard Deulofeu (@gerardeulofeu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gerardeulofeu\/status\/1056556323242999808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he would ever go back to Barcelona the Hornet\u2019s winger said: \u201cI will not come back to Barcelona. I had been at Barcelona since I was nine years old, but sometimes you don\u2019t feel hope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tried two times,and if those two times doesn\u2019t work, I don\u2019t want to try three times&#8230; it\u2019s too hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deulofeu\u2019s Watford travel to lowly Newcastle this weekend, where they\u2019ll be looking to continue their best ever start to a top-flight campaign after collecting 19-points from 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Words: Lee Pearson I Subbed: George Robson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most players dream of being a Barcelona player. To follow in the footsteps of the legends like Lionel Messi, Xavi and Iniesta is the piannacle of their careers. 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