There are those who try to establish similarities between what Bojan Krkic

experienced in his day

, a precocious talent who ended up devoured by a dressing room that had no problem crushing him emotionally, with

Ansu Fati

, conditioned by putting a face, contract and number on the

post-Messi

era .

This newspaper has tried to contrast sources directly involved in the future of the Spanish-Guinean striker to respond to Ansu's football blockade.

A nightfall that cannot be such when you are barely 20 years old, but that has brought some executives from the Barça club - and the coaching staff of

Xavi Hernández has little to do with it

- to explore market options in view of the entity's distressing financial and salary situation.

Something that the striker wants to know nothing about, convinced that there can be no other future than Barcelona.

And that his time will come, who knows if this Thursday at the Bernabéu in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal against Real Madrid.

Anyone who asks Ansu about his physical condition usually gets the same answer.

He looks good, without physical limitations that have made him a different player after having undergone surgery four times after a torn meniscus suffered in November 2020. But from one of the Camp Nou offices they still frown at the player's decision to bet on a conservative treatment -the intervention of his agent,

Jorge Mendes

, was key - and thus avoid the trauma of going through an operating room again after his injury to the biceps femoris of the left thigh in January 2022. This, according to sources from the Barça entity, led to a much more complex recovery that conditioned its explosive capacity.

Ansu, however, is clear that his muscles respond adequately to efforts.

In fact, he has hardly suffered a mishap this season, a bruised left knee from which he has recovered in time to be part of the squad for this classic.

So?

And that is where the sources converge seamlessly: trust.

The footballer himself is aware of this, so he is working so that a bad shot, an ineffective dribble or a reproach from others do not have a negative effect on his performance [at Old Trafford, Lewandowski did not hide his discomfort with the boy

after

he he intervened in a auction action at the end of the game].

Ansu, emotional player where there are, continues to rely as much as possible on one of his brothers,

Braima

, and on his father,

Bori

.

Family gatherings at his house in Sant Cugat del Vallès revitalize him and help him gain perspective on the situation.

And together they strive to find new motivations.

From the source

Hence, he appreciated the call from the Spanish coach,

Luis de la Fuente

, who has been interested in his situation before preparing and announcing (March 17) his first list for the matches against Norway (March 25) and Scotland (March 28) qualifying for the next European Championship.

Even more so after the frustration experienced in the World Cup in Qatar, a tournament that he attended despite the great doubts that

Luis Enrique

had regarding his state of form and confidence, and where he barely appeared for two moments as an ineffective revulsive against Japan and Morocco.

For the Barcelona striker, not missing out on the national team is essential in this new era.

At the Bernabéu, with

Lewandowski

and

Dembélé

injured - members of the casualty list along with

Pedri

-, and once Barcelona got rid of

Memphis

to send him to Atlético, Xavi Hernández runs out of options on the offensive front.

If he insists on his idea of ​​playing with four midfielders,

Raphinha

, as a right winger, and

Ferran Torres

, as an offensive reference through the center, start with an advantage over Ansu, who wants to have continuity.

In fact, this February he has only started one of the seven games played by Barcelona (the 2-0 win against Cádiz).

He has scored six goals in 34 games this season, three in the League (where he has not scored since last October 20), one in the semifinal of the Arabian Super Cup (Betis) and two more in the Copa del Rey (Intercity and Ceuta). .

Last season, the season with the tendon injury, he scored those same six goals, but in just 15 games.

«Ansu feels good.

I see him very happy and motivated.

He has to be important for the team », Xavi insists.

That speech is the same that a footballer with a life ahead of him receives in the booth, but in a sport where nobody waits.

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