When Lionel Messi left Barcelona in tears in 2021 and embarked on a tragic stay at PSG, the Barcelona management was not slow to pass on the magic No. 10 number to Messi to the next player. An extreme symbolic effect on the part of the club, which quickly convinced the supporters that they would be fine without Messi. A similar symbol effect for the player who was assigned Messi’s shirt number. Barcelona are betting on you, boy. Four years later, this boy is pushing to leave Barcelona.
Ansu Fati was picked up from Barcelona’s academy, La Masia, in 2019. The left winger quickly played his way into the first team. In the first season, Fati got playing time in a total of 33 games, and responded to the trust with 8 goals. Then came a season full of injuries, but 5 goals in 10 games showed the Spanish player had it big in him. Then followed another season of injuries, the No. 10 shirt unfortunately had no protective power.
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In the 2022/23 season, Fati was back, but was given playing time crumbs by Xavi. This led to a loan spell in the Premier League with Brighton the following season, without success.
At Hansi Flick, Fati has hardly been on the pitch, Raphinha and Lamine Yamal have totally taken over the show on the wings.
There have been reports of discontent in the Fati camp, according to Spanish SPORT, agent Jorge Mendes has now been told he has the task of finding a club for a permanent transfer, a new loan is out of the question for the 22-year-old.
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Lionel Messi’s successor has given up.
