Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: March 29, 2023, 16:50 IST
Ansu Fati at Barcelona (Twitter)
Ansu Fati made his debut for Barcelona in 2019 at simply 16 years previous and made a speedy impression, however a knee damage in 2020 led to a protracted spell on the sidelines
Ansu Fati’s father Bori Fati mentioned Wednesday he was irritated with how Barcelona are treating his son and would like for the ahead to maneuver golf equipment.
However, he confirmed the 20-year-old would like to remain and succeed on the Catalan giants, after coming by the youth system and turning into a fan favorite.
“It annoys me how they’re treating Ansu by way of minutes, (taking part in for) one minute, two minutes, three minutes, that’s what annoys me,” Bori Fati said on Spanish radio.
“I’m not going to ask for or say that he should be starting whatever happens, because all the strikers there are great, they are elite, but we are talking about Ansu Fati,” he instructed Cadena Cope.
“We’re speaking a couple of Spain worldwide, Barcelona’s quantity 10, a boy who got here from La Masia,” he added, referring to Barca’s academy.
Ansu Fati made his debut for Barcelona in 2019 at simply 16 years previous and made a speedy impression, however a knee damage in 2020 led to a protracted spell on the sidelines.
In 2021, he took Lionel Messi’s No 10 shirt after the club’s all-time top goalscorer joined Paris Saint-Germain at the end of his contract.
Ansu Fati has, however, struggled for game time under Xavi Hernandez, starting just nine league games this season despite being fit.
Bori Fati recently met Ansu’s agent, Jorge Mendes, to discuss his son’s future.
“When I sat down with Jorge, he told me the first thing that Ansu said was that he doesn’t want to leave Barca, he will play there.
“As his father, I used to be considering one thing totally different, as a result of I’m saying ‘what the heck is going on here?’”
Asked if he meant he would prefer for Ansu Fati to leave Barcelona if the situation didn’t change, Bori Fati replied: “Exactly.”
He said he no longer attends Barcelona games because he is frustrated with the current situation and is planning to return to Seville, where the family settled in Spain after leaving Guinea-Bissau.
While he said a departure for Ansu was his preference, he said he was not currently open to the idea of his son signing for Real Madrid.
“Ansu would not accept it, I cannot put Ansu where he doesn’t want to be,” added Bori Fati.
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