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Ansu Fati, during the Benfica-Barça

SHORTLY BEFORE SIGNING HIS RENEWAL

The Nice was near to snatch him a 'jewel' to the Barça in 2018

Published:2/10/2021 - 14:05h

Updated:2/10/2021 - 14:05h

It does almost two years, everything seemed directed so that Ansu Fati signed an agreement with the Nice. The representatives of the French team already had closed the agreement with the Barça and his signing was question of time. However, the delay to receive his community passport prevented to concretise the operation

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In spite of the hard injury that suffered does almost a year and that kept him moved away of the activity by 10 months, Ansu Fati has turned into one of the young players with greater projection in Europe and has woken up the interest of several clubs that wish to do with his index card.

Even before his explosion, the Hispanic-guinean had attracted the attention of the Nice, as it informs Grand Hotel Calciomercato. In fact, the operation was very directed and the agreement was practically closed after the conversations between the parts in November of 2018.

Besides, the representatives of the instrument Frenchman had travelled to the City Condal to do with the services of the canterano. For the date, both clubs already had other negotiations in course, like the traspaso of Jean-Clair Todibo, that yes arrived to concretise finally.

 

A document changed the destination of Ansu

Bori Fati, father of the player, had posed with the T-shirt of the 'aguiluchos' that already was stamped with the name of his son on the dorsal '9'. Nevertheless, the operation twisted after the player did not receive to time his community passport, what forced it to continue in Spain to obtain it.

Later, the forward would begin to show his best facet, what carried him to sign his renewal with the Barça in July of 2019, an agreement that included a clause of rescission with an amount of 100 million euros. Other teams, like Chelsea, the Juventus or the West Ham also interested by his index card for then, but the Barcelona team finished him 'tying'.

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