Matteo Moretto: Rumours alleging Gavi had decided to leave Barcelona in January due to dissatisfaction with his lack of playing time were entirely not true..

Spanish online outlet Relevo's resident renowned Italian transfer journalist Matteo Moretto, addressed via his official paid column on Friday that rumours alleging Gavi had decided to leave Barcelona in January due to dissatisfaction with his lack of playing time were entirely not true.

In his column, Moretto refuted these claims, stating that Gavi has never expressed a desire to leave the club, nor has Barcelona ever considered parting ways with him.

While Gavi naturally hopes for more playing time, he spent the better part of a year sidelined by injury, only returning shortly before this summer’s World Cup. He is well aware that the club is carefully managing his minutes to prevent a recurrence of his previous injury, a situation very similar to that of his teammates Pedri and Frenkie de Jong.

Furthermore, no club has approached Gavi or Barcelona since the summer, and the Catalan giants have received no offers whatsoever. The assertion that the player has decided to move to another club in January is entirely baseless.

As for the rumours linking him to Manchester United, this is merely a fabrication by malicious individuals who have exploited the Red Devils' poor form to lend a veneer of plausibility to the false claim that Gavi is set to join them.

It is worth mentioning that this is already the second time in three months that fake rumours have circulated regarding Gavi’s departure, with the same Premier League powerhouse named as his supposed destination on both occasions.

About Gavi

The 22-year-old Gavi, who is only still 22 years old, was born on August 5, 2001, in Los Palacios y Villafranca, Andalusia, Spain. He is 1.73 meters tall. He primarily plays as a center midfielder but can also play as as an attacking midfielder or a left winger. 

Gavi joined the youth academy of non-league club La Liara Balompié at the age of six, moved to Real Betis’s youth academy in 2013, and subsequently moved to Barcelona’s renowned La Masia youth academy in 2015, where he would complete his Barcelona first-team debut by coming on as a substitute in August 2021.

Since joining the Blaugrana, Gavi has so far made 174 appearances for Barcelona across all competitions, scoring 10 goals and providing 18 assists, where he has won three La Liga titles, two Supercopa de España, and one Copa del Rey.

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