It is one of the most striking and even surprising files of this transfer window which did not even really start. Ansu Fati should engage with AS Monaco in the coming days, as part of a loan with a purchase option of 20 million euros. After a season when he had an anecdotal role under the orders of Hansi Flick, the number 10 of FC Barcelona will therefore try to relaunch on the side of the rock, discovering his third championship at the age of 22. A sacred bet for AS Monaco, and necessarily, one wonders: but what is Ansu Fati in 2025?
A physically fragile player …
On paper, it is clear that it is not really glorious. This season, the Spaniard did not score the slightest goal or delivered the slightest assist, playing only 233 minutes in Liga. A starry playing time, while in winter already, Hansi Flick had informed the winger that he did not count on him. But the one who was presented as the successor of Lionel Messi had insisted to stay, convinced that he could make a place despite competition from very efficient players in the offensive sector.
But if he has not played, it is not only because of the competition. Hansi Flick has proven that he does not hesitate to give players a chance that did not leave with the important player label, like a ferran torres, excellent in an offensive joker. When he was on the lawn, we saw a fairly slow year tired, not in the rhythm of the team. Very far from the explosive player who had amazed everyone during his first steps under the Blaugrana tunic at his adolescence. After major injury problems, the one who still has a few discomfort has lost a lot of attributes on the physical level and is a less unbalanced player. He failed to reinvent himself and, with ability to sprint and lessened, can no longer really make differences.
But not only …
It must be said that it is a bit of a snake that bites its tail, since without regular playing time, difficult to find its cruising rate. There is another problem that we are not talking about, at least perhaps not enough compared to the physical plane: the psychological side. The Spanish press has indeed already revealed that the player had problems of trust, and that he needed to feel the support and confidence of his coaches and his partners to be in a suitable context to perform. He needs to be the leader of a team, a status that is logically difficult to offer him given his recent services. Even if his technical qualities could not fly away the next day, on a purely sporting level, there is therefore a lot of uncertainty around his ability to be efficient because of this physical and psychological side.
But Adi Hutter will be able to reassure himself on one point: Ansu Fati is a superb professional. The echoes of the press following FC Barcelona are unanimous: Spanish is an model, an exemplary player who, despite his difficult situation, giving himself 100% to training and having an impeccable attitude. The Austrian coach knows that he will therefore have no behavior problem with a player who is ambitious and who is ready to do anything to find his means. And it must be said that even if Ansu Fati only returns to 50% of what was its level during its first months with the first team of FC Barcelona, it will already be a superb reinforcement for the club of the Rocher. The land will speak.
