Barcelona has enjoyed an excellent start to the season, with doubts over Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and others in the rearview mirror, but there is one player who has struggled to show the same improvement as his colleagues. Of course, Ansu Fati did not have many chances to do so, but his lack of involvement is just as worrying.
The former teenage prodigy remains an afterthought for Hansi Flick, featuring just once since the start and with 132 minutes to his name, despite the absence of Ferran Torres due to injury. After a meeting with agent Jorge Mendes last week, Sport they say that Barcelona have decided to allow him to leave on loan again in January. The player will make the final decision to do so or not, but Barcelona is willing for him to return his career, like Mendes, and currently at Montjuic, this will not happen.
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After an unsuccessful season at Brighton and Hove Albion, Saudi Arabia were still willing to move for him in the summer, as were Sevilla. The former are not interested in Fati, while the latter can only afford to pay around 30% of their wages, something that made the offer significantly less attractive for the club.
Flick had also promised Fates that he would be given his chance under his new regime, but between an injury and the competition for places, he is not yet to see much playing time. It remains the case that he is caught in an unfortunate cycle of needing minutes to return to the sharpness of the match, but he is struggling to show enough to earn those minutes above other players. Fenerbahce has also been constantly linked with Fati.
