Barcelona teenager Ansu Fati is set to be rewarded for his brilliant start to the season with a new long-term deal at the club and a release clause set at £88million.

16-year-old Fati has wowed supporters so far this campaign, scoring at Osasuna in August to become Barcelona's youngest ever goalscorer, and impressing with a goal and an assist in his first start for the club against Valencia.

Now, Barcelona chiefs are keen to tie down the teenager and ward off any interest elsewhere with a long-term contract, according to Spanish outlet El Mundo Deportivo.

Ansu Fati, 16, has been Barcelona's breakthrough star in the opening months of the season

Fati celebrates his goal against Valencia at the Camp Nou on his first start for the club

The report claims Fati will maintain his place in the first-team squad this season after a string of eye-catching performances, which have generated excitement amongst the Catalan faithful amid a disappointing start to the season for summer signing Antoine Griezmann.

Furthermore, he was cheered as he came on for Luis Suarez against Villarreal on September 24, indicating that the 16-year-old may already be rising up the attacking pecking order.

Fati, who was born in Guinea-Bissau but also qualifies to play for Spain and Portugal, made his first-team debut as a late substitute against Real Betis at the Camp Nou on August 25.

Luis Suarez was jeered as he came off for Ansu Fati against Villarreal at the Camp Nou

A week later, he came on and scored in the 2-2 draw at Osasuna, not only breaking the Barcelona youngest-scorer record but also becoming the third youngest-scorer in the history of La Liga, at 16 years and 318 days.

Since that moment, the Spanish Football Federation has encouraged Fati to choose Spain as his country of preference, and he was granted Spanish citizenship last month.

He was called up to the Spain Under-21 squad, but reports of a call-up to the Under-17 squad for the World Cup at the end of October have been quashed.