The future of Ansu Fati will shape the FC Barcelona transfer market

With just under three months until the opening of the summer transfer market, the sporting management of FC Barcelona is starting to clarify the club's roadmap for the next season. Aside from the interest in a center forward and a right-back, the absolute priority of the blaugrana institution is to incorporate a reinforcement for the left wing.

In this regard, the culés are considering three star names to strengthen a position that Raphinha has had to adapt to this season following the definitive breakthrough of Lamine Yamal. Luis Díaz, Rafael Leao, and Nico Williams are the three main candidates from the management to be the star signing of the team during the summer sale, with the Colombian being the one most likely to don the blaugrana jersey starting in July.

However, in the offices of Spotify Camp Nou, they are aware that the 'winger operation' will require a significant financial effort, as the figures being discussed for the possible transfers of the three aforementioned stars exceed 60 million euros. In order to face a signing of this caliber, the culés will need to generate funds and free up salary mass by letting go of some of their players, and there is already a clear candidate.

Ansu Fati, the key for Barça this summer

According to information from Fabrizio Romano, at Can Barça, they will seek to part ways with Ansu Fati by any means once the season ends. The forward is going through one of his most complicated moments in the Catalan capital, where he has remained unused since January 4, when he played 28 minutes in the blaugrana victory against Barbastro in the Copa del Rey.

The Spanish-Bissau-Guinean has barely participated this season for a total of 187 minutes and has completely lost the confidence of Hansi Flick, becoming the fixed omission from the coach's selections for LaLiga. Injuries and his poor performance have sentenced him in the eyes of the German, and his time in the Camp Nou dressing room is numbered.

Clubs like Fenerbahçe and Besiktas, as well as some teams from Saudi Arabia, are keeping an eye on Ansu's situation and could attempt to sign him in the summer. The priority for Barça is to get rid of his salary, which is one of the highest in the squad, and they do not rule out letting him go even through a loan, although they would prefer to transfer him definitively. As of today, there are no concrete movements in this matter, but the only certainty is that Fati will not wear the blaugrana next season.