Barcelona and Ansu Fati look set to half methods for a second time this summer season, having spent final season on mortgage at Brighton and Hove Albion. If that spell was about getting again to his greatest to recuperate his kind for the Catalan giants, this time the separation appears rather more angled in the direction of a everlasting exit.
Fati, 22, featured sparingly for Barcelona this season, and whereas he rejected a mortgage transfer in January to battle for his place, grew to become more and more pissed off within the second half of the season. It seems each Fati and Barcelona are eager on an exit, with no signal of alternatives coming beneath Hansi Flick.
Curiosity from AS Monaco
For a number of weeks now curiosity from AS Monaco has been anticipated to transpire right into a transfer for Fati. There was some doubt over whether or not it might be on a everlasting foundation, or a mortgage with an possibility to purchase. The newest in that regard had come from Sport, who famous that the deal was more likely to be a mortgage with an possibility to purchase for €12m. Barcelona would then retain a sell-on payment for Fati.
First provide rejected by Barcelona
Now Marca are reporting that Monaco have submitted a proposal for Fati, and the Blaugrana have turned it down. They thought-about it ‘inadequate’, with Monaco solely in search of a mortgage transfer with out paying his whole wage. Barcelona had been initially hoping for a sale with a buyback possibility, however Monaco don’t need to purchase him outright, and Barcelona are eager to not be paying a good portion of his wage.
Guille Fernández is scheduled to go on the pre-season tour in Asia. He needs to show his price to Flick and can talk about his future with him afterwards. @monfortcarlos, @scapde_45
— barcacentre (@barcacentre) June 12, 2025
Is a deal nonetheless on the desk?
Their info is that agent Jorge Mendes will proceed engaged on a formulation that may swimsuit each events, however there is no such thing as a assure that Monaco will make a second strategy. Fati is reportedly one of many highest-paid gamers within the squad, and shifting his wage will likely be no straightforward feat.