SEVILLIA, SPAIN - MAY 25: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona during the Spanish Copa del Rey match between FC Barcelona v Valencia at the Benito Villamarin Stadium on May 25, 2019 in Sevillia Spain (Photo by David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images)

Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has suggested to his club that they trust breakthrough youngsters Ansu Fati and Carles Perez for the season.

Barcelona dropped points for the second time this season in three outings after they were held to a 2-2 draw by Osasuna in Pamplona on Saturday evening. Robert Torres put the hosts in front, but Ansu Fati and Arthur Melo scored twice to give Barca a 2-1 lead. However, Torres struck from twelve yards to make sure that the spoils are shared.

Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele were all forced to watch the match from their respective homes after injuries had prevented them from featuring for the team. Antoine Griezmann was clueless throughout the match and it would have certainly made the Barcelona faithful miss Neymar, who was close to joining the club this summer.

Josep Maria Bartomeu was interested in re-signing the Brazil international this summer, but Paris Saint-Germain’s demands were exorbitant and so, the Catalans were in a comfortable position to pass on their former superstar for the summer. Diario GOL has now claimed that Lionel Messi wants his side to rely on two youth products this season.

Ansu Fati, 16 years of age, is already making an impression for himself under the Catalans’ roster and scored on his second appearance for the club. Messi wants Valverde and the club to trust the youngster along with youth product Carles Perez who has been impressive since the reigning La Liga champions were on pre-season this summer.

In addition to this, Lionel Messi wants Barcelona to completely end their pursuit of Neymar and instead, go for Kylian Mbappe in the next summer. With Real Madrid also plotting the deal, Messi wants the Camp Nou outfit to compete against their rivals and potentially sign a player who would probably succeed one of Barcelona’s greatest players ever.

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