Monaco signed Ansu Fati on a season loan from Barcelona on Tuesday and offered the former teenager wonderful to have his career revive.
Monaco said that the loan agreement for the 22-year-old attacker includes an option to buy at the end of the season.
Fati burst the stage with Barcelona in the 2019-2020 season. At the age of 16 and 304 days in August 2019, he became the youngest score of the club in the Spanish league. Almost four months later, at the age of 17 and 40 days, he became the youngest goal scorer in the history of Champions League.
Fati would set other records – he previously held the record as the youngest scorer of Spain ever – with his reputation grows like a fast and tricky correct winger with an eye for goal. He was predicted that he became a world superster in almost the same way as the 17-year-old Lamine Yamal is now at Barcelona and Spain.
Just like Yamal, he also had great versatility and offered him the opportunity to work as a second striker or by falling deep into the role of «False Nine».
But the Guinea-Bissau that was born then experienced a series of injuries that influenced his trust and form.
He only played a handful of matches for Barcelona in the past two seasons and spent part of the 2023-24 season on loan at the Premier League Club Brighton and scored four goals in 27 games.
Fati scored 29 goals in 123 games in general for Barcelona and scored twice for Spain in 10 games. He appeared volatile on the 2022 World Cup and has not been playing for the national team since 2023.
Fati’s arrival follows the signing of the former medium statement of France Paul Pogba for a two -year deal and reinforces the attack of coach Adi Hütter.
Pogba and Fati must add more versatility and extra firepower to an attack with the productive Mika Biereth and skilled our ahead of Folarin Balogun.