The Athletic says that Manchester United just paid Barcelona 100 million euros to get the player who is expected to replace Messi in 2020.

Ansu Fati is the player in question. He made his debut for Barcelona in the 2019–20 season and has already made a big impact. Fati played in 33 games and scored 8 goals this season, making him Barcelona’s youngest goal scorer and putting him in second place for the 2020 Golden Boy award, behind Erling Haaland.

When Manchester United coach Ole Solskjaer saw how talented Ansu Fati was, the team tried to fight with Barcelona to sign him. In particular, Manchester United sent a formal offer of 100 million euros to the Barcelona team to get them to let the player go.

Man Utd also talked with Fati’s lawyer, Jorge Mendes, to improve their chances of success. But no matter what the Manchester team did, it didn’t work. Ansu Fati stayed at Barcelona and played for many seasons, but his play got worse over time, and since the summer of 2023, he has been on loan to Brighton.

Ansu Fati has returned to Barcelona for the current season, but he is still not being used enough. He had only played two minutes in the Champions League when he came on as a replacement in the first game of the C1 Cup on September 19, a 2-1 win over Monaco.

He is 21 years old this year, and Ansu Fati was praised for his skills by Lionel Messi, who said he would be his “successor” at Barcelona. The Argentine superstar once said that Fati has a lot of promise, not just because of his speed and technique but also because of how he works as a professional.

Fati, who is 21 years old, doesn’t have many chances to show off his skills right now, but he can still become a real star soon. The fact that Messi has always been there for Fati shows that he thinks the player can become a big star if he keeps improving.