Can’t really tell in 10 minutes……let’s see how he’s running around after 60/70 mins….Yes. He did look match fit
Can’t really tell in 10 minutes……let’s see how he’s running around after 60/70 mins….Yes. He did look match fit
Well , yes. But unlike a loan signing, a permanent signing is an investment.It’s different for every circumstance. As was said at the time the reported loan fee and wages were significantly lower than signing his equivalent on a full time deal.
Looked that way to me. Seemed to carry himYou're suggesting he can't do it on a Tuesday night in Wolverhampton in February?
Gio Dos Santos says hiThere simply has to be more to come from him in terms of star quality.
There’s no way he could’ve been surrounded by as much hype as he was (based on actually playing a decent amount of games for Barca), to turn in such average/decent performances.
Surely he’s got a Mitoma/Pedro/Enciso style performance in him where he terrorises the opposition non-stop?
I thought we’d be getting a match-winner, which I guess we saw to an extent against Ajax, but beside that, at best he’s looked a good player in an attacking set up.
Not really, sadly he has just joined the que, and will have to wait his turn....Is Fati the new NSC scapegoat now?
Ludicrous comparison.Gio Dos Santos says hi
Barca have a record of flogging youngsters that have looked good for them for a decent fee
Barca are not overly good, there is a reason they didn't want him to stay.
He may well still have a big input into the season, if he scores a couple of goals that mean Europe, he's paid for himself
Ludicrous comparison.
Anyone who follows European football knows how bright Ansu's star shone at Barcelona. That star was dimmed slightly by two incredibly unlucky injuries across two years. He's building his way back from that - that's why he's at Brighton and not starting for Barcelona... With Mitoma out, he's going to have to play a huge part in the remainder of the season.
I mean none of that is remotely true. Dos Santos didn't score a hat-trick on debut in any competition. It was in his final game before they sold him to Spurs for €6m. Dos Santos was not the youngest player to feature for Barcelona in the Champions League, or the youngest goalscorer in the history of the competition. That was Ansu Fati.Dos Santos was equally highly rated, scored a hattrick on debut I believe.
It's not even about starting for Barca, there are plenty of games he could have played for minutes, they would rather try and off load him
If it was purely about getting g the player back Barca would be covering close to 100 percent of the wages.
I mean none of that is remotely true. Dos Santos didn't score a hat-trick on debut in any competition. It was in his final game before they sold him to Spurs for €6m. Dos Santos was not the youngest player to feature for Barcelona in the Champions League, or the youngest goalscorer in the history of the competition. That was Ansu Fati.
Barcelona rated Ansu Fati so highly they decided to give him a new mammoth contract (in terms of both wages and length) after ten months of injury because he was rated seriously highly, not as the next Giovani Dos Santos.
Ultimately, 80% of wages are being covered by the Albion because Barca cannot afford to cover them as their salary cap continues to drop and that's what it costs at this level. If they were trying to offload him, he would not be at Brighton - we do not have the money to make it permanent. For comparison, Atletico Madrid sent Joao Felix to Chelsea for 6 months, all wages covered, and made €11m in a fee. If you're correct and that this move was because Fati is surplus at Barca and they want to offload then they're getting a bum deal.
Where have you got an 11 million fee from? That's what Chelsea paid for Joao Felix for six months on loan... We're paying 80% of Fati's wage, and that's it.So they don't value him enough to pay his wages and keep him around, but are happy to spunk wages on the likes of Adama last year?
How is it a bum deal for Barca? 80 percent of wages, no obligation to buy and a 11 million fee.
He's poor and they have had wages covered
He's good and there's no obligation and can ask what ever they want?
Agree, except maybe 60 or 70% rather than 90.What’s been evident this season with Fati is what Barcelona felt about him last season and why they hoped loaning him out would be the answer - mentally he’s not the same player he was before the injuries, something in his head is holding him back. That is why RDZ has been working so hard with him and saying the things he has recently. RDZ knows there’s a wonderful player in there but Fati needs to get over this mental block he has at the moment.
Last night was a classic example - the desire that the likes of Buonanotte and Enciso showed was in stark contrast to what we saw from him. He’s done ok for us this season but basically, Fati is playing at 90% of the player he could be these days.
I really hope something clicks with him soon as for those who didn’t watch him before the injuries, he was a joy and a unique talent.