Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur both want Ansu Fati with the Barcelona attacker believed to be attracting interest for the summer transfer window.
That’s according to Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo, who claim that Fati is already a man in demand for the summer.
The winter window only closed a few days ago but here we are already with rumours emerging.
It’s stated that Bayern Munich are showing the most interest in Fati ahead of the next transfer window.
Yet four English clubs are also believed to be keen with Arsenal and Tottenham chief amongst them.
A total of seven teams are now interested in Fati and he isn’t seen as completely untouchable at Barcelona.
One problem for any interested club is that Fati has an enormous release clause of €1bn – around £897million.
Barcelona won’t get anything close to that fee now, but such a huge release clause does complicate negotiations.
Arsenal and Tottenham target Ansu Fati yet to live up to hype
Many will remember a time when Fati was considered to be the next big thing.
Signed from Sevilla in 2012, the Guinea-Bissau-born attacker bypassed Barcelona B and ended up straight in the first team.
Eight goals in his first season left people thinking that Fati would become a superstar but injuries have been a big problem.
Fati sadly managed just 25 appearances across the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons combined.
Still only 20, Fati has been in and out of the team having started seven league games for Barca and come off the bench in 12 more.
There is absolutely still time for Fati to kick on and live up to his early billing, but he needs to play regularly and avoid those injuries.
Whether he can really nail down a starting spot at Barcelona remains to be seen with Arsenal and Tottenham waiting in the wings if he decides to push for a move away.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been in the Barcelona ranks himself and has shown the ability to develop young players whilst Tottenham may soon seek a successor to Son Heung-min down the left flank.
Fati could make sense for either club and the coming months will tell us a lot about his future in Catalunya.
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