Report: Ansu Fati could make the Spain squad for upcoming UEFA Nations League games

As discussed in Cadena SER’s El Larguero program, Ansu Fati, who just returned from a massive injury layoff, could be called up by Luis Enrique to the Spanish national squad for the upcoming international break.

The 18-year-old winger, who played for the first time in over 322 days during Barcelona’s clash against Levante, made an explosive comeback, scoring a wonderful goal and displaying his electrifying skill in his 10-minute cameo.

While Fati seems to have returned as sharp as ever, the new Barcelona number ’10’ is certainly in no condition to be put through the gruelling demands of a club and country’s fixture density just yet.

In fact, it would not even be wise to start him for the full 90 minutes in any game right off the bat, nor would it make sense to deviate him from the meticulous training program he has been adhering to in order to regain fitness without a relapse.

Ansu’s meniscus injury was an incredibly complicated one and the past 10 months will have taken a toll on the youngster. Nothing should be done to jeopardize his return to full fitness and match sharpness.

On the 6th of October, Spain will take on Italy in their Nations League semifinal in a rematch of the Euro 2020 semifinal and Luis Enrique has plenty of injury concerns in the lead up to the game, with players like Gerard Moreno, Carlos Soler, Jose Gaya, Jordi Alba, Pedri, and Alvaro Morata, all nursing some or the other injury.

Even so, Lucho should ideally not take any risks with Fati given the magnitude of the setbacks he has suffered during his recovery.