Ansu Fati didn't expect it. After all the input he received during the week, the Barça youth player thought he would be in the starting eleven for the match against Sevilla, but that wasn't the case. Ansu is fully fit to play the 90 minutes of a match, but Hansi Flick has left him on the bench again, even though it seemed that Lamine and Lewandowski were injured.
This match between Barça and Sevilla seemed special for Ansu Fati, who has fully recovered from his physical problems. During the summer, García Pimienta's team was the one that showed the most interest in taking him, and he was close to doing so: the only thing that prevented it was his unexpected injury.
With Ansu Fati in full physical condition and having rested during the international break due to not being drafted for Spain, he was hoping to receive the opportunity from Hansi Flick. However, he had to start the match against Sevilla from the bench, seeing how he continues to not receive the opportunity from the start.
The truth is that the match against the Andalusian side is of special importance to Ansu Fati, but he was also looking forward to it given what Barça has in store. In the next few matches he will have to face Bayern, Real Madrid and Espanyol. It seems that opportunities will be more difficult to get for the Barça '10'.
Ansu Fati has the exit door open
Hansi Flick has been clear and forceful with Ansu. If he wants to leave, the doors are open to him. He will not try to keep him if what he is looking for is minutes, he will not find them at Barça.
It's nothing new to say that Ansu Fati hasn't lived up to expectations. Despite still being very young, injuries have cut short his meteoric progression... which has ended up being a problem with the renewal contract that was signed in 2021.
This renewal was intended to encourage the growth and progression of Ansu Fati. He is the player who inherited the number '10' from Messi and this was reflected in his new contract.
He was signed with a rising salary that already reaches six million euros net, or what is the same, represents a gross expenditure of twelve million. He is in the middle zone of the wage bill, but taking into account his performance, Deco's intention is to get rid of his contract definitively.
This would only happen by agreeing a transfer, since the teams interested in loaning Ansu Fati have no intention (nor can they) of paying his high salary.
In any case, all the paths point to a new loan of Ansu Fati in January, with Sevilla as the main interested party. We will have to wait to find out what his future holds, but it seems that it will not be at Barça, barring an unexpected turn of events.