Barcelona push for mutual contract termination with 22-year-old outcast | OneFootball

FC Barcelona have secured the La Liga title, sparking celebrations across Catalonia. With the season’s objectives fulfilled, the focus has already shifted toward reshaping the squad for next season under Hansi Flick’s leadership. The club is wasting no time in preparing for the summer transfer window, aiming to bolster key positions and provide Flick with a more competitive, well-rounded team.

The good thing for the Blaugrana is that they already have a well-settled core and the first XI is as good as they come, with maybe the goalkeeping position being the only exception. However, a team that competes on all fronts needs more than just 11 players – it needs a well-rounded squad.

What Barcelona need is reinforcements in key areas like left-back and perhaps, right-back, where the depth is not as pronounced as in some other areas on the pitch. They could also do with a winger who can take some pressure off Raphinha, but also provide cover to Lamine Yamal.

Ansu Fati was the Lamine Yamal before Yamal. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Ansu Fati on the exit ramp

There are also a few players in the squad who don’t seem to have the trust of Hansi Flick and could be placed on the exit ramp this summer. As per Fichajes, one of those players is set to be former La Masia prodigy Ansu Fati.

As per the report, Barcelona have requested the player’s entourage to co-operate with them on a mutual amicable contract termination that would help Fati find a new club as a free agent and also help the club get his enormous €25 million gross per year wages off the books.

Having shown so much promise in his early days, Fati’s career has completely gone off boil in recent seasons. Once touted to be the heir to Lionel Messi’s throne at Barcelona, the 22-year-old hardly gets minutes these days.

The smile has disappeared from Ansu Fati’s face at Barcelona. (Photo Courtesy: The Official website of FC Barcelona)

Fans would still love to see Fati thrive

The Blaugrana fans still love Fati and would love to see him shine. The crowd gets behind him every time he steps out to warm up and on the rare occasion that he is given minutes during a game but his future at the club looks increasingly bleak.

The report mentions that the player’s entourage are happy to comply with the club that has given his Fati his entire foundation as a professional footballer but won’t agree to a mutual termination without some conditions of their own.

It’s undeniably disappointing to see Ansu Fati’s once-promising career stall so dramatically. Yet, at just 22, time is still on his side. While a revival at Barcelona seems improbable, a fresh start elsewhere could reignite his trajectory. Whether he stays or goes, fans will be watching closely and hoping he finds a path back to the brilliance that once made him the club’s brightest hope.