Barcelona’s Fati not for sale?

“For us, there’s no story with Ansu, we have never spoken about selling him. We won’t use players from the academy to make cash.

“In principle, we have no intention of selling the players we believe will make the first team.” he told Sport.

Those are the words of Barcelona director Xavier Vilajoana who has denied that the club have been in discussions with Manchester United over a deal for the 17-year-old sensation Ansu Fati.

For the longest time now, it’s seemed as if it was just a matter of time before the Red Devils got this deal over the finish line. Now, however, it’s quite the opposite – although there’s always a chance that this is nothing more than mind games from the Spanish giants.

Either way, there’s a whole lot of time left for the two clubs to come to some kind of arrangement as the summer window beckons.