Ansumane Fati, known as Ansu, is a special talent. He’s a year younger than his teammates and opponents, but has the ability to toy with them. Despite being an attacking midfielder, it's easy to assume that Ansu is a striker, because of the number of goals he scores -- a tally that is almost level with Take Kubo, his attacking partner.

Ansu was born in Guinea-Bissau in 2002. A few days after he was born, his mom, dad, and older brother, Braima Fati, who also plays at La Masia, decided to move to the town of Herrera, in Seville. Ansu started playing football in Herrera, where he also learned a few tricks from his older brother.

Ansu looks up to his older brother who played for Sevilla’s youth teams. Ansu’s first club was Escuela de Fútbol Peloteros Sevilla, where he showed his potential as one of the biggest talents in Spain.

After three years, Sevilla picked him up for its youth program and he slowly gained attention from Barca, who subsequently recruited both Fati brothers in 2012. Ansu should have played for the Alevin B, but the youth coaches were confident that he was good enough to play for the star-packed Alevin A.

He complements Take perfectly, with a slightly more physical approach to the game, but Ansu’s repertoire doesn't end there. He also possesses fantastic vision and overall skill set, and is capable of leaving opponents on the floor with moments of utter brilliance with the ball.

Ansu's biggest talents are his physical strength, technique, acceleration and ability to find the goal. He’s been a massive success at La Masia so far. In his time at Alevin A with Marc Serra as coach, he played various roles on the team including false 9, right winger, central midfielder, and attacking midfielder. Although he dominated at every position he played, Ansu looked best as an attacking midfielder, with Take in front of him.

When Ansu arrived, people were more excited about his brother Braima who is currently in Juvenil B. After just a couple of months, all eyes were on Ansu.

Without much competition, his Alevin A won the league by a comfortable margin over Espanyol, and Ansu played a huge role with the goals and assists that he racked up. He ended the season with two goals in a 7–2 win against Damm. In 29 league games, Ansu scored 56 goals, very impressive for a midfielder. Only Take, with 73, scored more.

Over the summer, Ansu also played in a number of youth tournaments, such as the U-12 Catalunya del Campeonato de España, where he scored in the final. He was top scorer in the Torneo de Arousa, one of the most prestigious youth tournaments in Spain, despite being a year younger than his opponents. He also starred in Barca’s Torneo Blue BBVA run, where he was also the topscorer, including a hat-trick in a great performance against Celta Vigo, which you can see in the videos below.

This season, Infantil B have also been unstoppable in the league, with 13 wins, two draws and zero defeats so far with 14 games remaining, including gaudy scorelines such as 12–0 v Ebre Escola, 8–0 v Vendrell and 6–0 v Cambrils. In 15 games so far, the team has scored 70, and only conceded six. Even though it’s youth football, numbers like these have never been seen before from a youth team at La Masia. The number of big prospects on this team is endless; apart from Bernabé, Ansu and Take, the biggest talent is the captain and CB, Eric Montes, followed by Adria Altimira, Nico, Nil, Arnau, Marco, Amor, Ivan, Mortimer. All are standout players in this age group in Spain.

I, for one, can’t wait to see Ansu and the rest in action one day, and I’m sure that many of these players will be part of the first team in the future. This is a truly astonishing generation.