The manager of Barcelona, Hansi Flick, admitted that Ansu Fati deserved his appearance in the victory on Wednesday against Borussia Dortmund because of his work in training.
Fati has been struggling for minute since Flick’s arrival in summer. Wednesday Cameo from the bank from the bank, only his ninth appearance in all competitions, over three months after his previous excursion.
After rejecting a departure in January to fight for his future, it was recently reported that Fati had reluctantly accepted that he had to go in summer, even though it looks like he had managed to catch Flick’s Eye again.
“It is important for Ansu to have minutes,” said Flick after the emphatic 4-0 victory.
Fati came for the last five minutes of the competition and replaced a tired Lamin Yamal, but Flick insisted that he was taking the 22-year-old before replacing Yamal’s application.
“Lamin played and asked for many minutes to be replaced. We reacted,” said Flick. “But we would have brought ANSU anyway; he deserves to come.
“I’m not giving away minutes. He deserves to play today, based on the way he trains.”
After Fati played a total of 191 minutes this season this season, until Fati can feel relaxed with Barcelona in his future, which is believed to unload his high wages – reported that it is around £ 200,000 a week – to reduce costs.
A summer departure still seems likely, but Fati will hope for a strong end of the season if you only increase the possibilities that are available to him at the end of the campaign.