Brighton coach Roberto De Zerbi has stated Ansu Fati should give extra because the ahead strikes into the ultimate few months of his season-long mortgage from LaLiga facet Barcelona.
Ansu, 21, joined Brighton amid a lot fanfare at first of the marketing campaign however has struggled to dwell as much as expectations in England.
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The Spain worldwide missed two months by damage on the flip of the yr and has been restricted to only 23 appearances in all competitions, with 14 of them coming as an alternative.
“Ansu is a delicate man, he is a very good participant,” De Zerbi stated in a information convention forward of Wednesday’s recreation towards Brentford.
“The expectations from him are all the time very excessive. And he has to know and settle for the expectations. The primary a part of his profession has been very powerful to just accept, to know [with injuries].
“However for the nice gamers, the extra vital [thing] is to adapt to the expectations. We’re serving to him. He has to provide one thing extra as a result of it isn’t sufficient what he is doing.
“However he is a very good man. If you work with good guys, you’re joyful in the event you might help them and for him it is the identical.”
Ansu was handed the No.10 shirt at Barça after Lionel Messi‘s departure in 2021 however a string of accidents put the brakes on his profession on the Catalan membership.
He joined Brighton at first of the season looking for common soccer and scored 4 targets in his first 14 outings for the membership earlier than getting injured on the finish of November.
Since returning in February, he has failed to attain in 9 appearances and was an unused substitute in Sunday’s 2-1 loss to Liverpool at Anfield.
Brighton can climb to seventh within the Premier League with a win at Brentford on Wednesday as they aim qualification for Europe for the second consecutive season.
