Mateu Alemany said that Ansu Fati preferred Barcelona despite having bigger money offers

A day of joy at the Camp Nou. His new ’10’ renewed his contract and he will remain a Barça player until 2027; But, although both parties wanted the extension of the link, more than one club presented offers to Ansu Fati for him to decide to move away from Barcelona to another destination. Mateu Alemany even commented that the proposals were financially larger.

“I want to give value to the will of the family and their involvement. Ansu stays for half of the offers it has received. Both he and Pedri had options that were of no use. We will continue with the process of redefining the wage bill, but solving the situations of Ansu and Pedri was key “, confessed the football director of ‘Barca’

Alemany also took the time to talk about how difficult it was to reduce the expenses of the Blaugrana club. “Throughout the summer, it was a challenge to lower the wage bill and have the capacity for ‘Financial Fair Play’. Once this was done, we were clear that there were two priorities for the club, which were to renew Pedri and Ansu. They are already stars and considered one of the best in Europe being Under 20. Pedri showed it in the Eurocup and is nominated for the Golden Boy ”.

Why was there so much interest in the renewal of Fati and Pedri?

“The two-year extension clauses were void because they were signed as minors and, if they left us, what was the value of finding players like them. What is Ansu worth? They were market opportunities for the rest as free players ”, sheld the manager of Barcelona.

Ansu Fati confirmed that he had other offers

The footballer revealed that he had offers from other clubs but that his first option was and is Barça. “From the first day I told Jorge Mendes that my first option was to stay at Barça, he understood it perfectly and we were able to reach an agreement. Yes it may be that I have had offers from abroad but my illusion and first option has always been to succeed here “, he stated.