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Barcelona demotes Ansu Fati

One of the goals of the Catalan team this season is to achieve promotion to the Second Division with its subsidiary. After the signing of Braithwaite and with Luis Suárez in the final stretch of his recovery, Quique Setién will dispense with Ansu Fati so that this is a luxury reinforcement for the Barcelona B.

After the Federation ended the regular league in Second Division B, the Catalan team’s affiliate finished second, one point behind the Castellón, and will play the play-off promotion to Second. Sixteen teams, the top four in each group, will play a two-week tournament with three-game playoffs. In the first round, Barcelona B would have as rival the Valladolid Bto Yeclano or at Ibiza. Rivals that allow him to dream of promotion, and more if García Pimienta can count on Ansu Fati.

An economic question

The economic crisis that has caused the coronavirus, and the possibility that next season many games will be played behind closed doors, will make the clubs depend more on television revenues. In the Second Division, the income received from retransmissions is between 5.9 and 30 million of euros. Some 10 would be the ones who would pocket the Barcelona B if he played in the Second Division, an amount that could be increased by box office if he could open the Johan Cruyff stadium to the public.

If he reaches the Second Division, Barcelona could keep several of its most promising players; for example to Ansu Fati. With Luis Suarez recovered and before the possible arrival of Lautaro Martínez, the 17-year-old attacker would be obliged to leave on loan in search of minutes if the subsidiary does not ascend. The same would happen with Pedri, if Quique Setién decides not to give him a chance in the first team after the preseason, or with footballers like Collado or Monchu.

It should be noted that Ansu Fati has played 24 games this season with the Barcelona, with whom he has scored five goals. The attacker’s good work made the Federation move quickly so that it was selectable with Spain. Despite his age, Robert Moreno acknowledged on October 4 that he had included the striker in his prelist, although he has not yet debuted with the absolute.

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