The Spanish Federation (RFEF) has received the notification from FIFA that approves the call of Ansu Fati, 16, at the time the technicians deem appropriate. The striker is the great revelation of this campaign start, where he has become the youngest footballer in history to score in an official match with Barcelona.

Fati, who was not summoned by David Gordo for the U17 World Cup and who also did not enter the last lists of the U21 and the absolute, can now be called by any coach.

"FIFA has notified in the last hours to the RFEF that, once all the requested documentation has been received, the player Ansu Fati can already be selected by Spain at the time that the technicians deem appropriate," they confirmed from the RFEF.

Born in Guinea Bissau in 2002, Fati moved to Spain at the age of six and after taking his first steps in the quarry of Seville he ended up in La Masia. On August 24, with 16 years and 300 days, he became the second youngest footballer in history to debut with Barça's first team in an official match. Since that Saturday against Betis, he has two goals and an assist in six games with Ernesto Valverde's team.

"Influence your growth"

After this confirmation from FIFA, Luis de la Fuente, sub21 coach, and Robert Moreno, head of the absolute, will be able to incorporate Fati in the next calls. A week ago, Moreno already included him in the pre-list for the matches against Norway and Sweden, of the qualifying phase for the European Championship.

"I want to be part of those who can influence its growth. That's why I put it in the prelist and we were assessing it. But the main factor not to come, over the bureaucratic, is that it has been injured in recent weeks," Moreno revealed .

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