Brighton safe the signing of Ansu Fati on a season-long mortgage from Barcelona with gifted younger winger keen for normal taking part in time

Brighton have signed Ansu Fati on a season-long mortgage from Barcelona.

The gifted winger has linked up with Roberto De Zerbi‘s workforce after rising annoyed at his lack of normal begins beneath Barcelona boss Xavi. 

De Zerbi instructed Brighton’s official website that he’s hopeful that the membership will be capable of get Fati again to his greatest.

De Zerbi mentioned: ‘This can be a nice deal for all of us. I’m positive Ansu will assist us to achieve a brand new goal and we may help him get again on the stage he deserves to be.’ 

Brighton technical director David Weir described 20-year-old Fati as probably the greatest younger gamers on the earth.

Weir mentioned: ‘We’re delighted to convey Ansu to the membership. He is among the most highly-rated younger gamers on the earth and arrives with a formidable quantity of expertise each domestically and in European competitors, regardless of his age.

‘This season is the most important within the membership’s historical past and we’re actually glad {that a} participant of Ansu’s high quality goes to be a part of it. We’ll give him the chance to embed himself within the squad and to get used to working with Roberto, however naturally we’re excited to see him in a Brighton shirt.’

Sevilla had additionally been keen on a transfer for Fati however he elected to maneuver to Brighton as an alternative.

Fati broke into the Barcelona facet as a 16-year-old in 2019, changing into the membership’s youngest ever scorer when he discovered the web towards Osasuna.

He has made 112 appearances for Barcelona in whole however an harm hampered his progress and he has struggled to start out often beneath Xavi.