Tottenham pushing hard for Ansu Fati loan deal

The Ansu Fati situation has come full circle. Two weeks ago it was revealed that the FC Barcelona forward had no intention of leaving the Catalonian club, instead wanting to stay and fight for his place. After just three La Liga games, the young Spanish international has changed his mind.

Now, according to a new report in Mundo Deportivo, the 20-year-old has instructed his representatives to listen to all offers that come in for him.

This tends to be a cycle we go through with Ansu.  First, you hear that he wants to stay at FC Barcelona, then you hear he is frustrated with limited opportunities and is open to moving. Then you hear of clubs that are interested, and then we rinse and repeat.

Any deal for Ansu Fati would be a loan deal

Fati has struggled to start the new campaign, but considering his form in the pre-season you have to imagine that the lack of consistency in his playing time is a major contributing factor.

Through the first 3 games of the La Liga season, Fati has been on the field for just 47 minutes of action. He now seems to be falling down the depth chart at Barcelona with both Abde and Lamine Yamal being preferred to him. With Raphinha set to return from his suspension and Fermin Lopez expected to receive opportunities in an advanced midfield role, Fati can likely see the writing on the wall.

It’s also believed that if Fati were to leave this summer, it would open up an opportunity for Barca to take on out-of-favour attacker Joao Felix from Athletico Madrid.

It’s believed that any team wanting to sign Fati will need to cover 100% of his wages for the year, and while Tottenham are leading the way at the moment, Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund remain interested.

I was very reluctant to see Ansu Fati leave on a permanent basis, you just don’t give up on players as talented as him while they’re in their early 20s, but maybe a loan is the best deal for everyone.

Barca maintains the player, Fati gets to go somewhere and start consistently and the loan team get an outstanding talent that they may otherwise not have the opportunity to sign.

If this loan deal does go through, I hope that no purchase option is included.