De Zerbi, cold in his desire to continue with Ansu Fati next season

Ansu Fati, FC Barcelona youth player on loan at Brighton, is finishing the final weeks of the loan period agreed in the summer of 2023 with the Premier League club. After being left on the bench in the last game, where his team lost 0-4 against Manchester City, the 21-year-old forward was the star of one of the questions to his coach, Roberto de Zerbi. “Would you like to have more time with Ansu Fati? to help him develop his full potential here?” he asked the Italian coach. His response, in form and substance, was chilling. “I don’t know,” said De Zerbi.

In a serious gesture and with the hardness of the scoreline recently, the Italian coach who dreamed of other names to lead Barça when it was believed that Xavi Hernández would not continue on the culé bench, delivered a cold message about prospect of extension. the stay of the 21-year-old attacker. And he began by saying “Ansu is a great, great talent.” His subsequent reflection left another impression. “But I don’t know. I have to meet with Tony Bloom, sporting director, and our scouts and the recruiting team; then we will talk,” he warned.

Ansu Fati has agreed to leave on loan from Barça, where he has a contract until 2027, to get the necessary training he needs to rediscover his best feelings after the chain of injuries he suffered during some time and that prevented a spectacular appearance in the elite . Brighton, a relatively demanding Premier League team with a coach who likes dominant football, was seen as an ideal destination to achieve that goal. As the season on loan at Brighton draws to a close, Ansu Fati’s numbers are under wraps: he has 4 goals and 1 assist in 1,027 minutes spread over the 28 games he’s played. Next summer, Ansu Fati and Barça will once again talk about the best decision to relaunch his career.