Ansu Fati became the youngest player since 1941 to debut for Barcelona on Sunday, and the winger's first coach, Jose Luis Perez Mena, has said he's "never seen anything like" the record-breaking talent.
Fati came on as a substitute at the Camp Nou, where Barca came from behind to beat Real Betis 5-2 in their first home game of the season. Aged 16 years and 298 days, it made him the youngest player to play for the club since Vicente Martinez Alama—who was 18 days younger when he made his debut 78 years ago.
Perez Mena acts as director of the Herrera football academy in Seville, Spain, and he told EFE (h/t AS) about the unique potential Fati possesses:
"Before the game, when I spoke to him, he wasn't even nervous.