Anzu Fati is set to leave Barcelona, ​​joining Brighton in an ambitious loan deal for the Spanish striker.

Ansu Fati is set to leave Barcelona before the transfer window closes this week, with Brighton working on an ambitious loan deal for the Spanish striker, sources have confirmed. ESPN.

Tottenham have held talks with Barca but are also continuing to sign Brennan Johnson from Nottingham Forest.

Fati, 20, is open to a season-long loan move to the Premier League side, maintaining his link with Barca, but nothing has yet been finalized ahead of Friday’s transfer deadline.

It marks a dramatic shift from Fathy, who was previously reluctant to leave the Catalan club despite pressure from elsewhere this summer.

Barça, his agent, Jorge Mendes, and his father, Bori, pressured him to spend a year elsewhere so he could continue playing football.

Spurs and Chelsea have both been linked with Fati this week, but Brighton, coached by Roberto de Gerby, emerged as favorites to complete a deal on Wednesday.

Fati has appeared on the bench in Barca’s first three games of the season and has struggled to secure a regular place in Xavi Hernandez’s side as he recovers from multiple injuries ahead of the 2022-23 season.

After bursting onto the scene in 2019 as a 16-year-old, he missed almost two years of football between 2020 and 2022 due to various knee and thigh problems.

He was fit last season, making 51 appearances, mostly starting from the bench and scoring 10 goals, but was frustrated by his lack of starts.

It prompted his father Bori to ask him to leave the club earlier this year and said he was upset by Barca’s treatment of Fatih, who inherited the number 10 shirt from Lionel Messi.

Fati is under contract with Barca until 2027, with a one-billion-euro release clause.

His exit could be linked to Clement Lenglet’s loan to Aston Villa, according to sources ESPN The deal closes on Thursday and could allow Barca to sign two more Mendes clients.

Barca are hoping to free up enough space within LaLiga’s spending cap to bring in Manchester City right-back Joao Cancelo, while sources confirm they are interested in Atlético Madrid striker Joao Félix.

Speaking earlier this summer, Felix said he would like to join Barca, who will look for a striker before Friday if Fati leaves after losing Ousmane Dembéle to Paris Saint-Germain earlier this month.