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Is Barcelona starlet Ansu Fati the next Lionel Messi?

Anssumane Fati Vieira, more commonly known as Ansu Fati, lit up the world last season in La Liga 2019/20, where he became the youngest player to feature in a senior match since 1941 at the age of just 16 years and 298 days and incredibly became Barcelona's youngest ever goalscorer in a senior game just 6 days after his debut. He's also the youngest player to ever score a brace in the La Liga, the youngest player to score and assist in the same La Liga match, and the youngest player to play for Barcelona in the Champions League. This article will detail everything you need to know about the young starlet's background, style of play, statistics and of course, comparisons to Lionel Messi. Background Ansu Fati was born into a family of footballers, his dad Bori played in the lower tiers in Portugal whilst two of his brothers also play football. One of these, Braima, happens to be the reason that Ansu moved to Seville, Spain from Guinea-Bissau at the age of 6, after his brother