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FATI SPOKE IN 'L'ÉQUIPE'

Ansu confesses: His transfer to Barça, his relationship with Messi, his emigration...

Published:22/12/2022 - 19:45h

Updated:22/12/2022 - 19:45h

Ansu Fati gave an interview to 'L'Équipe' and showed his most personal side. The azulgrana confessed about his signing for Barça, his arrival in Spain, his relationship with Messi and several other issues

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After his disappointing go through Qatar, Ansu Fati 'recarga batteries' to face with all the second part of the season with the FC Barcelona. In the meantime, the bisauguineano has offered an interview to the French newspaper 'L'Équipe' where has showed his more personal side. The footballer confessed on his arrival to Spain, his signing by the Barcelona entity and how could have recalado first in the Real Madrid, in addition to 'wet' on his relation with Messi.

"In 2009 I took the aeroplane for the first time with my mother, my two brothers and my greater sister to go to live to Spain. I did not know to my father. It had seen some photos of him and spoke from time to time by telephone, but this was everything. I ran to throw me to his arms when we find us in the airport of Seville. It had gone only to make money in Europe when I was very young. It wanted to that had a better life. It could have gone and forgotten of us, as they do others, but worked hard to be able to bring us here", desveló Ansu on his arrival to Andalucia with hardly 6 years of age.

"Always I will value the sacrifice that did my father by us. It is thanks to him that am here today. It was professional footballer in Guinea-Bissau and occasionally travelled to Portugal to contest tournaments. Always it says us to my brother Braima (four greater years) already me that our talent comes of him, but do not believe him because there are not photos of the parties that played (laughs). Before the football was not so fast", continued.

The canterano explained that it arrived to Herrera and "gave us clothes because in winter did cold and were not instrumented". Besides, the extreme remembered that him escolarizaron with some boys a lower year by his difficulties with the language, but achieved to adapt with prontitud. "A day were to play with my brother Braima to the Polideportivo of the municipality where gather the boys in the afternoon. We did not know to anybody. And they neither knew us. But, the next day, all the world spoke of us. Anybody could win us", expressed.

His arrival to the Barça

On the other hand, Fati confessed that while it played in the Herrera tested with the Madrid, but finally decanted by the Barça. "In this moment, did not have residence for his young players. Therefore, we decide that The Farm was the best option. I remember to see The Masia background, shortly before arriving. What more approached, more nervous felt me. At the beginning, it was not sure to want to come and, after a week, did not want to go me! Marc Serra, my first trainer in The Masia, did me comprise quickly in which club had landed and that, during the parties, had to respect to my rivals. Also it encouraged me to mark more goals and to not doing more this type of gestures superfluos", revealed.

His first announcement

"When I went in to the changing room and saw to Luis Suárez, Leo Messi and all the other, could not believe it. I seated me in silence. I thought that it was alone by this time, because often it happened that the mates went up to complete. But, the next day, they asked me that it went back. After three trainings, went me to go home and Carlos Naval, the delegate, said me: "Wait a moment, soon will announce the announcement for the party against the Betis". It did not have to be part of this at all, but afterwards began to write my name in the list. I went out running and, crying, called to my father", manifested Ansu.

Besides, the forward also ensured that Jordi Alba helped him in his first day in the Camp Nou. "To the moment of ingresar to the game, felt that it still was dreaming! My life changed then. It came to the trainings on foot because it lived to some ten minutes of the centre. During the night, there were a lot of people on the way expecting me to obtain an autograph or a photo. Since I come in car with my father, although it live at the side", declared.

His relation with Messi

Ansu Also spoke of his relation with Messi, remembering his first photo when confessing that "the photographer of the team took us a photo to the two and afterwards Read went up it to his Instagram. After this, received million notifications, went a madness. Never I will forget this gesture, will be him evermore grateful. That a player of his size do this is something very important for me. I save the photo preciosamente home, for ever. Memory that Ronaldinho supported it a bit of the same way when it began. It did the same with me. This was a true source of additional motivation for me", sustained.

Finally, 'it wetted' on his relation with the current changing room. "I speak a lot with Jordi Alba, because many times we play together in the left side. There is a special chemistry between us. Busquets always says the things with a lot of frankness, like you or no. Regarding I Hammered (already withdrawn), always has liked him do pranks. Have a lot of respect by them. But also there are a lot of youngsters. With Eric, always have played together. It is one of the people that helped me to adapt me to the life here and to the game in the Barça. I happened long in his house when we were boys, often played PlayStation. In the field also said me that it did not dribble too much. (It laughs .) With Pedri, Gavi and the other, happen long together", concluded.

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