Fati's agent offers him to various clubs across Europe as mercurial forward's sunny days in Barca are over

Barcelona president Joan Laporta backed up Ansu Fati, who has been struggling. However, Catalan journalist Joan Fontes claims that the 20-year-old could well be sold at the end of the season.

Despite his injury issues and, as Fontes points out, the fact that he has played 90 minutes in just 5% of Barcelona's games since arriving in the first team, Ansu feels he should have a more prominent role with Barcelona.

On the other hand, Xavi Hernandez thinks the other way and that's what inspired Fati's agent Jorge Mendes to offer his client to various Europan sides. Or, as Fontes points out, to 'half of Europe'. Fontes highlights that it was Mendes who chose the surgeon for his most recent knee operation and likely had a hand in the choice of the current Head of Scouting, Paulo Araujo.

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A brief spell scouting for Burnley, as well as working with Deco at Adidas as a marketing manager, is an unusual route to such a desired position.

According to FootballEspana, Mendes appears to hold considerable weight in the Barcelona boardroom, and a number of deals involve his agency, "Gestifute", or his players.