The upper echelons of FC Barcelona have already begun making important decisions for the upcoming season. With Hansi Flick at the helm and Deco leading the sports planning, the Catalan club has set a clear roadmap: it's time to make room in the squad. This inevitably involves letting go of some footballers who are not in the plans of the new coaching staff.
Among loans that didn't work out, players with little prominence, and other young talents who no longer have a place in the project, Deco has a complex task at hand. The management is aware that they can't afford to maintain high salaries or stagnant talents and, therefore, lists of transferable players are already being finalized. Evidently, some names are less surprising than others, and one of those leading that group is a former great promise of the club.
The Farewell of a Dream
One of the most emblematic names that will leave in this summer transfer market is Ansu Fati. What was once an overflowing hope amid an institutional crisis has ended up becoming a painful but necessary case. The youth player who inherited Messi's '10' hasn't managed to establish himself, and injuries ultimately extinguished that spark that made him an immediate idol when he was just starting his career.
His loan to Brighton was intended to be a turning point, but it hasn't had the impact that FC Barcelona expected: far from regaining prominence, his season has gone unnoticed. Ansu has already accepted that he has no place in Flick's Barça and is in search of a new beginning. At just 22 years old, there is still room for him to regain his form, but he needs an environment where he is given confidence and continuity.
Options on the Table
Despite his current lack of shine, interest in Ansu hasn't disappeared. Several teams have begun to explore the possibility of signing him, attracted by his potential and the low cost of an operation that, just a couple of years ago, would have been unaffordable. Barça is asking for a minimum of 15 million, a figure accessible to many who still believe in his resurgence.
In La Liga, Sevilla, Villarreal, and Real Betis have shown interest in his situation. Meanwhile, in the Premier League, clubs like West Ham or Everton could propose flexible formulas such as loans with mandatory purchase options. Ansu's profile, still young and with experience in European competitions, remains interesting for many sports projects.