Superagent confirms €35 million-rated Barcelona ace wants to stay: “Will win the Ballon d’Or”

In a recent interaction with the media, football superagent Jorge Mendes has confirmed that Barcelona youngster Ansu Fati wants to stay put at the club amid strong speculations over his future.

The 20-year-old attacker, whose market value stands at €35 million, has been tipped to leave the La Liga champions this summer, with the club needing to make important sales in order to generate revenue and lower their wage bill.

A move to the Premier League had been touted, but Fati has been reluctant to consider the possibility of a summer exit from Barça despite the fact that the Catalans are open to bids for him.

It led to suggestions that there was rising tension between Fati and Mendes as the latter was trying hard to force him to accept a departure this summer.

However, it seems like the Portuguese superagent has given in to his client’s demands as he has now publicly declared that Ansu wants to stay put at Barcelona.

Furthermore, Mendes went on to hype up his client as one of the best young players in the world and a future Ballon d’Or winner.

“Ansu wants to stay,” he said, as quoted by Mundo Deportivo.

“He wants to stay. He has scored three goals in his last games. What else do you want? He is a phenomenon. One of the best young players in the world. One day he will win the Ballon d’Or,” Mendes added.

This development comes after the superagent visited Barcelona and met with club officials last evening and today afternoon.

Fati’s stance leaves Barça in a bit of a quandary as they are in need of making at least one big sale before June 30. Given his homegrown status, any fee that the Catalans would have received from his exit would have been chalked down as net profit, which would in turn boost their Financial Fair Play situation.

However, as things stand, Fati does not appear keen on leaving and only time will tell how Barcelona try to resolve this situation.

Player valuation in title obtained from transfermarkt.com on date of publication.