Barcelona loanee Deulofeu costs Everton MORE every time teenager is on sidelines



Barcelona are so keen on their sensational young teenage forward Gerard Deulofeu getting valuable Premier League experience that they are charging Everton more money when he doesn’t play.



The Spain U21 winger has returned to Merseyside after scoring twice and assisting four of the eight goals his team scored in games against Bosnia and Albania during the international break.



But despite being the star performer at national under-21 level he is yet to make his full league debut for Roberto Martinez and that is costing Everton money.

VIDEO: Scroll down to watch Gerard Deulofeu scoring for Spain U21 against Albania



Bench warmer: Loanee Deulofeu (right) has yet to make his full league debut for Everton

Barca awarded Deulofeu a four year contract with a 35m euros buy-out clause earlier this year and believe he will one day take his place alongside Golden Boot winner Leo Messi and Brazilian star Neymar in their attack.



But they wanted to speed up his learning process by sending him to the world’s most competitive league so Deulofeu left Spain’s second division where he was regularly rolling over opponents for Barcelona’s B team.



Everton pay the baulk of his wages, estimated at 1.5m euros, but they have to pay a higher percentage of that figure when the player does not play. The deal amounts to a cash incentive to put him in the side and is not uncommon in loan deals as clubs use the system to get players valuable experience at other teams.



On the ball: Deulofeu is on loan at Everton from Catalan giants Barcelona

Premier League clubs sending young players out to lower leagues also use the sliding scale system to prevent clubs taking their players; giving them starts at the beginning of the loan spell; but then not persevering with them as their need for points overrides the players’ need for minutes.



Barcelona picked Everton as Deulofeu’s loan destination because they trust Roberto Martinez to improve a player whose raw attacking talent is not in doubt but whose defensive play and decision making still needs improving.



The Everton boss had planned not to start Deulofeu until the turn of the year but his international form and Everton’s failure to score in their last two games has given him a selection headache ahead of Saturday’s Merseyside derby.