According to “Varzesh3,” Fati is going through a tough time at Barcelona. The young player has had almost no role in the team and is not expected to help Hansi Flick in this crucial phase of the season. After a complicated year, all signs indicate that he will leave the club this summer. However, he was also close to leaving Barcelona during the winter transfer window.

Besiktas President Ahmet Nur Cebi told Mundo Deportivo: “Fati was one of the players we were targeting, along with Patrick Berg and Samuel Dahl. After the Europa League match against Twente, I intended to bring Fati to Istanbul. We even reached an agreement with Barcelona for his transfer, but the night after our elimination from the tournament, we were informed that he would not come. The player was very excited, and his father had also called, but our exit from Europe ruined all agreements.”

Besiktas lost 1-0 to Twente in their final Europa League group stage match on January 30, failing to advance to the playoffs and finishing 28th. As a result, Fati waited until the end of January to decide whether to move to Turkey, but Besiktas’ elimination halted everything.