• Spain's managerh Luis Enrique with Eric Garcia Martret and Ansu Fati during a training session in Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
    Spain's managerh Luis Enrique with Eric Garcia Martret and Ansu Fati during a training session in Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
  • Luis Enrique and Ansu Fati during a training session in Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
    Luis Enrique and Ansu Fati during a training session in Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
  • Ansu Fati, left, and Ferran Torres during a training session held in Las Rozas, Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
    Ansu Fati, left, and Ferran Torres during a training session held in Las Rozas, Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
  • Eric Garcia and Ansu Fati during a training session held in Las Rozas, Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
    Eric Garcia and Ansu Fati during a training session held in Las Rozas, Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
  • Thiago Alcantara, right, and Dani Carvajal during a training session held in Las Rozas, Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
    Thiago Alcantara, right, and Dani Carvajal during a training session held in Las Rozas, Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
  • Spain manager Luis Enrique during a training session held in Las Rozas, Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
    Spain manager Luis Enrique during a training session held in Las Rozas, Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
  • (L-R) Dani Olmo, Oscar Rodriguez, Eric Garcia and Ansu Fati during a training session held in Las Rozas, Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
    (L-R) Dani Olmo, Oscar Rodriguez, Eric Garcia and Ansu Fati during a training session held in Las Rozas, Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
  • (L-R) Thiago Alcantara, Sergio Ramos and Sergio Busquets during a training session held in Las Rozas, Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
    (L-R) Thiago Alcantara, Sergio Ramos and Sergio Busquets during a training session held in Las Rozas, Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
  • Luis Enrique during a training session held in Las Rozas, Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA
    Luis Enrique during a training session held in Las Rozas, Madrid ahead of Spain's Uefa Nations League match against Germany. EPA

Barcelona's Ansu Fati takes part in Spain training ahead of international debut - in pictures


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Ansu Fati is one of the most exciting young prospects in football and is considered the future of both Barcelona and the Spain national team.

Ever since Fati, 17, broke through into the Barca first team - he scored his first senior goal one year ago - the teenage forward has enjoyed a meteoric rise and his form has been rewarded with his first call-up to the national squad.

A resident in Spain since the age of six, Guinea-Bissau-born Fati has only been a Spanish citizen for less than a year. He would likely have received a call-up by national team manager Luis Enrique even sooner were it not for the postponement of fixtures - including Euro 2020 - due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Fati could earn his first Spain cap in the Uefa Nations League group stage opener against Germany on Thursday, or against Ukraine on Sunday.

The Barcelona forward has been trying to impress Enrique during a training camp in Madrid this week, and by the looks of the pictures in the photo gallery above, the manager liked what he sees.

To view all the photos from Spain's most recent training session, click on the arrows, or if using a mobile device, simply swipe.