Final 10 LaLiga matches will shape Ansu Fati's future at Barcelona

The best thing that has happened to Ansu Fati this season, without a doubt, is that he has finally put behind him the physical problems that put the brakes on his projection in the Barcelona first team. It seems obvious that the injuries are now history, although their after-effects are still noticeable in terms of the football played by the youngster.

That is, in fact, the great challenge that Ansu has ahead in the last 10 LaLiga games of the season: to recover sensations, to return to be differential in attack and to gain freshness in his game. Both in private and in public he has always assured that his objective is to continue at Barça, a club where he has always dreamed of succeeding and from which he has no intention of leaving. To achieve his objective, he is aware that he will have to improve his performances.

That is why the last 10 matches have become the best possible scenario to vindicate himself and convince the club that the best Ansu Fati is yet to come; that a sale next summer could be a historic mistake. The sporting management, given the club's economic situation, is evaluating all options and is not ruling anything out, which is why the final stretch of LaLiga is becoming a kind of test for the player.

Xavi believes in Ansu

Xavi has shown his confidence in him by making him one of the players in the squad who has played the most games. The coach has repeated on many occasions that he has not lost faith in the youth graduate and it is logical that he will continue to do so between now and the end of the season. Barça still have to win the title mathematically and to do so they need all their players to be on top of their game. In the case of Ansu Fati, moreover, his regular presence will allow the sporting management to get an accurate picture of the situation to go in one direction or another.

On the one hand, if the forward, freed from the pressure once the championship has been virtually won, manages to get closer to his best version, it would be great news for the project. If, on the other hand, he continues to fuel doubts about his ability to become the outstanding footballer he was aiming to be before his injuries, the option of looking for a way out will gain arguments. 

Ansu Fati's future is at stake and it is up to him whether it goes one way or the other. It is in his hands and he has 10 games ahead of him to earn the right to succeed at Barça.