Gerard Deulofeu is struggling to win over fans and teammates at Barcelona.

While he's impressed coach Ernesto Valverde, Don Balon says senior teammates have doubts about Deulofeu - including Leo Messi.

Despite yesterday's rout of Espanyol, Messi was unimpressed by Deulofeu - as was many of Barca's heavyweights.

The Argentine feels Deulofeu has fluffed his early season chance to establish himself and believes the sooner Ousmane Dembele gets match fit the better for Barca.

For both senior teammates and coaching staff, much more was expected from Deulofeu after his success last season with AC Milan.