This. Seems far more likely to have been a gamble on the player kicking on in his rehabilitation from injury and making a major contribution to propelling us into the business end of multiple competitions. Ultimately didn't work out, but worth the imaginative punt shirley?
Be honest, if it wasn't for the Barca connection, Ansu Fati would have caused about as much of a ripple based purely on his performances in the Stripes as, say, Jeremy Sarmiento or Deniz Undav