{"id":627725,"date":"2023-08-30T10:28:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T14:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=627725"},"modified":"2023-08-30T10:28:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T14:28:30","slug":"tottenham-hostspur-ansu-fati-chelsea-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/30\/tottenham-hostspur-ansu-fati-chelsea-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Last Hours&#8217;: \u00a3230k-P\/W Star Tells Club to Let Him Leave; He Wants to Join Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tottenham Hotspur are the favourites to sign FC Barcelona&#8217;s Ansu Fati according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gerardromero\/status\/1696838601286271139?s=46&amp;t=HDsqZHitx3ULxuPcRjHVEg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gerard Romero<\/span><\/a>, who has reported that the forward has &#8220;asked the club to leave in these last hours&#8221;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The player is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jijantesfc\/status\/1696836369425776989?s=46&amp;t=HDsqZHitx3ULxuPcRjHVEg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">understood<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to want a move to Spurs, Chelsea or Liverpool, but the North London club are the only side to have made a formal approach for a deal so far.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soccer_game_player_score_goal_first\/536575&#8243; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; style=&#8221;fraction&#8221; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><b>Tottenham Target Ansu Fati Asks to Leave Barcelona<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Spaniard Favours a Premier League Move to Spurs, Chelsea or Liverpool<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fabrizioromano\/status\/1696780540869849405?s=46&amp;t=HDsqZHitx3ULxuPcRjHVEg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reports<\/a> on Wednesday morning suggested that Spurs had been in contact with Barcelona to negotiate a loan deal for Fati until June 2024. His Catalonian side want 100% of his wages covered by Tottenham as part of the conditions of a transfer to the club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong>How Spurs Can Reach European Football With Ange Postecoglou<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"REVEALED - The Four Steps to Spurs Reaching European Football with Ange Postecoglou\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/glAPw3kAAnQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The young prospect is understood to be keen on a move to the Premier League, with Chelsea and Liverpool also being targeted by the player, although neither club has made a formal offer for the Spanish international. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Blues have made clear that they are in the market for an attacking player, with Manchester City&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/66658861\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cole Palmer<\/a> a primary target for the club. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is unclear whether Fati&#8217;s transfer request could put him into contention for a move to Stamford Bridge but his positional versatility and high potential could make him well-suited to the West London club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/30\/tottenham-close-brennan-johnson\/\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham Now in Talks With Club Over 42 Goal Man After Fabrizio Romano Drops Major Update<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> His <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contract with Barcelona has him set to earn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capology.com\/player\/ansu-fati-37560\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a3230,000 per-week<\/a> until 2027, however, frustrations over <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/08\/30\/barcelona-respond-to-chelsea-and-tottenham-approaches-for-ansu-fati-19416592\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">playing time<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have left him pondering a move away from the club he joined at just 10 years old. The hot prospect broke into the senior side at the incredibly young age of 17, but he has struggled to earn his place in the starting eleven on a consistent basis after suffering a string of long term injuries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Why Tottenham are Targeting Ansu Fati<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s side are the current favourites to sign the forward following their initial discussions with Xavi Hernandez&#8217;s side. Tottenham have made a positive start to their season and picked up seven points from their first three games, which included a 2-0 win over Manchester United.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/30\/fati-chelsea-tottenham-barcelona-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Understand\u2019: Chelsea and Tottenham Could Now Fight it Out for Barcelona\u2019s \u2018Generational Talent\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite their early successes, there are concerns about the form of striker Richarlson and whether Dejan Kulusevski and Son Heung-Min will adapt to their Australian manager&#8217;s new tactical approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A move for the Barca talent will give them options in both central and wide areas regardless of the challenges they face. His time in Spain should make him well-suited to the possession dominant approach being ushered in at the North London club. With the summer transfer window almost over, a deal for Fati could be a huge boost for the club in their hunt for UEFA Champions League Qualification.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Image Credits:<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2ifB8BF\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> David Hudson\u00a0<\/a>on Flickr, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY-2.0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur are the favourites to sign FC Barcelona&#8217;s Ansu Fati according to Gerard Romero, who has reported that the forward has &#8220;asked the club to leave in these last hours&#8221;. The player is understood to want a move to Spurs, Chelsea or Liverpool, but the North London club are the only side to have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4759,"featured_media":624792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1365,3,7188],"tags":[4155,8611,7298,7466],"class_list":["post-627725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tottenham","category-barcelona","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-ansu-fati","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours","tag-liverpool-transfer-rumours","tag-tottenham-hotspur-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Brendan Pridmore","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}