Fati asks for a "heavy load" from the captains of the Barcelona team
Young player Ansu Fati requested the approval of Barcelona's leaders to wear the number 10 that was carried by Argentine team legend Lionel Messi, who is moving to Paris Saint-Germain, according to club president Joan Laporta.
Barcelona decided earlier this month to award the number 10 to the 18-year-old rising star.
Laporta revealed in an interview on the "Esport 3" channel, "a brave move on his part, and when we asked him the question, he said that he would carry the number 10 if the team leaders agreed."
Approval obtained by the talented player from Sergio Busquets, Gerard Pique, Sergi Roberto and Jordi Alba.
The number 10 shirt was previously worn by football legends, such as the Brazilians Ronaldinho, Rivaldo and Romario, before Messi.
The rising international star Fati will inherit the number 10 from Messi, who stayed for more than twenty years in Catalonia, realizing the great burden on his shoulders, and he is coming from the "La Masia" academy to graduate football talents in Barcelona, where he took his first steps in 2019 at the age of 16 .
Fati is recovering from a meniscus fracture of the left knee he suffered in November 2020.
According to the newspaper "AS", Barcelona is careful to return Fati to the green rectangle, and does not want to risk throwing him early before fully recovering, to delay his return to October 17, when Barcelona hosts Valencia in Camp Nou stadium.
Spanish press reports this week indicated that Fati, whose roots are from Guinea-Bissau, was on the list to leave Barcelona for 100 million euros, due to the debt crisis he is going through and led to the departure of Messi and the loan of French striker Antoine Griezmann to his former team Atletico Madrid.
But Laporta denied intending to sell Fati, "We never wanted to sell him. One newspaper wrote that an English club (Manchester United) made an offer to include him. This offer never arrived."
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