Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez has told Catalan club officials that he does not want Barça attacking winger Ansu Fati to be in the squad next season.
Ansu Fati was sidelined from Barcelona’s starting XI during last season’s matches, which caused anger for the player and his father.
Barcelona approves the sale of Ansu Fati to Saudi Al Hilal
Spanish press reports revealed that Barcelona informed officials of the Saudi club Al Hilal, agreeing to sell or loan Ansu Fati to the ranks of the Asian leader during the current summer transfer period.
Reliable journalist Javi Miguel, a journalist for Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, confirmed that the technical secretariat in Barcelona welcomed the offer of Saudi Al Hilal for the services of Ansu Fati this summer.
Fati informs his agent of the rejection of Al-Hilal and the continuation of Barcelona
On the other hand, Ansu Fati rejects the idea of leaving Barcelona altogether, and has expressed his desire to continue with Barça, in order for his market value to continue rising.
Fati stressed during his interview with Jorge Menidez, the players’ agent, his refusal to move to the ranks of Saudi Al Hilal, and that he resolved his decision to be in the ranks of Barcelona next season with full conviction.
Al Hilal delegation arrives in Paris to sign Neymar
In a different context, an official delegation arrived on Tuesday alongside the Saudi club Al Hilal to Paris, the French capital, in order to start negotiating with Neymar on his financial demands in order to wear the blue shirt with the leader next season.
Al Hilal officials want to compete with Barcelona to include Neymar, in light of the Brazilian’s name linked to return again to the ranks of Barça during the current summer mercato.
Koeman rejects Al Hilal’s offer and sticks to continuing at Bayern
In a related context, the site “Jetball” German refusal of the French Kingsley Coman, star Bayern Munich, to join the ranks of the Saudi Al-Hilal during the current summer Mercato.
The German website pointed out that Koeman received two offers from the Saudi league – expected to be Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal, one of the offers was worth 65 million euros, and the other was worth 45 million euros for 3 seasons, but the player refused to negotiate from the ground on either of them.