Alik
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Guinea Bissau can barely even qualify for the Afcon. There's nothing for him to play for there. If it was a slightly better team, I would agree.
10 - Ansu Fati
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Guinea Bissau can barely even qualify for the Afcon. There's nothing for him to play for there. If it was a slightly better team, I would agree.
tacticvarium
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1 match with first team Spain would be way more valuable and important for him than 200+ matches with Guinea.
behindbrowneyes
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Fantastic news
Messi should've done the same.
DonAndres
Wild Man of Borneo
Why should Ansu operate on the assumption that he'll fail?
He's 16 and rapidly rising through the ranks at a club like Barca, and he isn't even called up to the senior NT yet. He signed a new deal with us, is regularly playing with the first team, etc. It is foolish from his perspective not to seize great opportunities at the next step if they come to him.
Spain are in dire need of a talent revolution. They've got some players like Rodri, Ceballos, Morey, etc. but they've badly needed attacking talent for some time and, especially given Ansu has so much time, he'll be well positioned to get his chances as he's developing.
How is choosing Spain risky but choosing Guinea-Bissau not? If he turns out badly, at least he got to play for Spain a few times and try to play at a world class level internationally. If he chooses Guinea-Bissau but ends up a world class player he'll be by far the worst positioned top 20 or 30 player in the world to experience international success. That will negate an entire portion of his legacy and the ability to play in historic competitions.
He has 2 options, and only 1 of them affords him any chance whatsoever at playing at a World Cup and Euro. Easy choice to make here, and good on him for seeing it.
He's 16 and rapidly rising through the ranks at a club like Barca, and he isn't even called up to the senior NT yet. He signed a new deal with us, is regularly playing with the first team, etc. It is foolish from his perspective not to seize great opportunities at the next step if they come to him.
Spain are in dire need of a talent revolution. They've got some players like Rodri, Ceballos, Morey, etc. but they've badly needed attacking talent for some time and, especially given Ansu has so much time, he'll be well positioned to get his chances as he's developing.
How is choosing Spain risky but choosing Guinea-Bissau not? If he turns out badly, at least he got to play for Spain a few times and try to play at a world class level internationally. If he chooses Guinea-Bissau but ends up a world class player he'll be by far the worst positioned top 20 or 30 player in the world to experience international success. That will negate an entire portion of his legacy and the ability to play in historic competitions.
He has 2 options, and only 1 of them affords him any chance whatsoever at playing at a World Cup and Euro. Easy choice to make here, and good on him for seeing it.
Leo_Messi
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Call me openly biased but why in the good world should Fati ever pick freaking Guinea-Bissau over Spain? The same country he calls home and who gave him his entire football upbringing and the same country which facilitated a much better new life for himself and his entire immediate family?
That is not even mentioning the sporting aspect. Yes, there is always the risk of him turning into a new Bojan but a football career of any player involves risks left and right constantly.
In any case, I can't see him getting a call up for the senior team before the EURO's next summer anyway. He will turn 18 next autumn and by then we will know more about his immediate and long-term potential and how far he can go, even though 18 years is no age either.
Having said that, it is absolutely fantastic to have a potentially new "crack" emerging from La Masia. Long overdue. Not felt the same buzz about a canterano since Thiago Alcântara emerged.
That is not even mentioning the sporting aspect. Yes, there is always the risk of him turning into a new Bojan but a football career of any player involves risks left and right constantly.
In any case, I can't see him getting a call up for the senior team before the EURO's next summer anyway. He will turn 18 next autumn and by then we will know more about his immediate and long-term potential and how far he can go, even though 18 years is no age either.
Having said that, it is absolutely fantastic to have a potentially new "crack" emerging from La Masia. Long overdue. Not felt the same buzz about a canterano since Thiago Alcântara emerged.
What differentiates excellent from world’s best players is consistency. Time will tell
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
Unlike Bojan and Munir he has the technical + physical skills that makes him unique, and he has the blessing of Messi given his brother advices the guy.
Your lad Vinicius Jr. on the other hand looks more like a Bojan or at best a worse version of Robinho
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