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Barcelona fans will want to give their number 10 to another player.
Barcelona beat Valencia 5-0 in the semifinals of Spain's Copa del Rey in the 2024-2025 season at 5:30 a.m. on the 7th (Korea Standard Time) in Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia, Spain. With this victory, Barcelona made it to the final.
Barcelona fans couldn't just laugh. Although it is a semi-final match, the opponent was Valencia, who has fallen to 19th place in the relegation zone in Spain's La Liga. As a result, Barcelona coach Han Ji-flick started a partial rotation. The likes of Robert Lewandowski, Inigo Martinez, Dani Olmo and Ronald Araujo started playing on the bench. A large number of La Masia prospects produced by Barcelona were also listed on the bench list.
However, the name of Ansu Party could not be found again this time. In the 2019-2020 season alone, Fati was a player who entered Barcelona's first team with tremendous attention, just as Ramin Yamal appeared like a comet in 2024. For Barcelona, who was looking for Lionel Messi's successor, Fati was a blessing that suddenly came.
The high-profile party's ransom soared to a whopping 80 million euros (about 1201 billion won) at an early age. The expectations for the party at the time were not different from those of Lamine Yamal in the present era. Barcelona fans also cheered when the party, which is not in excellent physical condition like Messi, appeared with a sluggish physique and low center of gravity to break through the opponent and score.
Barcelona immediately handed over the number 10 to the party as soon as Messi left. Even when Fati collapsed due to a serious injury to the meniscus, he announced to the world that Fati was the second Messi, giving a huge salary increase and an offer to renew his contract for an early period.
However, the party had problems recovering from a meniscus injury, and it took a long time to return. The appearance of the party when we returned from injury was not the party we were expecting. Since then, the party has become a thorn in the side of Barcelona. Barcelona is trying to clean up the party every time in the transfer window, but the party refuses to transfer, saying it will only play in Barcelona.
Spain's Mundo Deportivo said at the end of the last transfer window "Party is facing a difficult moment in his career. With a contract with FC Barcelona until 2027, he has a number 10, but Fati has no plans to coach Flick. This is interpreted as a clear request to Fati to leave during the transfer window. But the party made its decision and was firm. He doesn't want to leave. What Partey wants is to show what he can do at Barcelona and get the opportunity to build the competitiveness he needs." He said Partey was refusing to transfer at all.
Partey has played just eight games this season. There is only one game as a starter. Coach Flick sometimes doesn't even put players on the roster at all when he gives up parties. But Fati has no intention of moving. Fati receives an annual salary of 14 million euros (about 21 billion won) from Barcelona, the third highest by the club. In Barcelona, where the financial situation is not good, there is no worse player than the party.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
