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Everton winger Gerard Deulofeu: Pep Guardiola gave me one-to-one help

Everton winger Gerard Deulofeu has revealed that Pep Guardiola gave him one-on-one training when he was a youngster at Barcelona.

Deulofeu came through Barca's La Masia academy and trained with the first team during Guardiola's time at the club.

And the 22-year-old, whose side face Guardiola's City at the Etihad on Saturday, told the official Everton website: "I have good memories because I stayed a long time in my career at Barcelona and Pep gave me my debut in the first division.

"He is a big manager, but this weekend we need to take three points from him.