Ansu Fati: 3 facts about Barcelona’s 16-year-old player, who made his first team debut against Real Betis last night.
Barcelona Vs Real Betis was a goal-fest last night with a combine of 7 goals being scored, the Catalan giants won the game with three goals lead in hand.
It was quite relishing for Barcelona fans to see their team dominating in the absence of Lionel Messi and Luiz Suarez. Barcelona’s new signing Antoine Griezmann took Barcelona’s baton to make them win against Los Verdiblancos.
On the other hand, amidst the absence of key players like Messi, Suarez and Ousmane Dembele, youngsters like Carles Perez and Ansu Fati got their Barcelona debuts.
Both of them had a spectacular game, as Perez even scored a goal. Later, the 21-year-old forward was replaced by Fati to make his debut.
The 16-year-old player from La Masia is the second youngest player to make a debut for Barcelona. The youngest is Vicente Martínez Alama, who made his blaugrana debut aged 16 years, 9 months and 5 days in the 1940s.
Ansu remained just 20 days behind to break this record. Otherwise, he would have been at the top of the list. Overall, the player had a great debut coming at the 78th minute, the unknown name at start received massive applause by the home fans.
With his pace, and ability to dribble past Real Betis defenders, Atsu has surely made his name in the 15 minutes of his playing time. Thus, we will share three facts about Ansu Fati.
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#1 Barcelona had to take permission from Fati’s parents
Barcelona had to take consent from Fati’s parents to appear the 16-year-old in the squad ahead of their match against Real Betis.
La Liga laws insist no underage player should be played in late night fixtures without the authorization of his parents.
And his club was said to have gotten the consent from the teenager’s guardian before his inclusion on match day squad. Which made his appearance possible after the 78th minute.
#2 He has a release clause of €100 million
Barcelona rates Fati very highly, so much that the Catalan club placed a €100 million release clause in the contract of the player.
The young La Masia talent recently signed a three-year extension with the Catalan club and aspires to be a regular player at the club but he surely has to work really hard to reach that level.
Considering, he is only 16-year-old and he has a lot of time to make at the top level. Additionally, since he has gained spotlight, the Catalan giants would be monitoring him in every game with the youth setup.
#3 He came to Spain at the age of six
Ansu Fati is originally from African Republic of Guinea-Bissau and he came to Spain along with his parents at the age of six and settled in Seville, Andalusia.
At first, Fati established himself in the local teams CDF Herrera, then went to Sevilla for two years, and finally came to Barcelona at the age of 10 to be a part of the Barcelona youth setup- La Masia.
Its been six years, since Fati has been with Barcelona, and now he is deemed as one of the brightest prospects of the esteemed academy.
He is so highly-rated that Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde decided him to give a cap against a tricky-opposition like Real Betis.
