Hansi Flick is quietly confident Ansu Fati can play a key role at Barcelona this season.
Fati’s injury issues have continued in recent months as a preseason issue set him back ahead of the USA tour.
The Spain international was determined to fight for his spot under Flick and the injury was a major setback.
However, as Barcelona started the La Liga season with five wins from five, Fati was forced to watch from the sidelines.
Flick opted call him into the matchday squad for Barcelona’s UEFA Champions League opener at AS Monaco on September 19.
Despite only playing a brief cameo off the bench, as 10-man Barcelona slipped to a 2-1 defeat, Flick was pleased with the early signs of recovery from Fati in his first La Blaugrana appearance in 15 months.
“I’ve spoken to him and he sees himself more in the left wing position but he has great qualities to play centrally as well”, as per quotes from Mundo Deportivo.
“I saw him very different in July and brilliant in training. Now he needs time and we have to look after him.”
Flick’s indication is that Fati will not be rushed back into first team action but he could feature again off the bench in their La Liga return at Villarreal on September 22.
QueriisFiasi
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We pray that you overcome your injury woes🙏. Only the sky wil be the limit
Duodilmntu
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Thank you Flick for having faith in and supportig Ansu Fati to get back to form. It is well.
Davichi
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It's so annoying to see how some Barca fans are disrespectful towards Ter stegen because of the error between him and Eric. The fact is that both of them share a blame there and Ter stegen delivered a strong performance after that. Some even claim that Valdez was world class and Ter stegen isn't which is a big shame because Ter stegen is way better. There's nobody above mistakes in the life but that doesn't define your overall capability. Ter stegen is Barca keeper with the best defensive record in La Liga.