Ansu Fati’s breakthrough into the world of football may even receive a prize. The FC Barcelona winger is among the nominees for the Laureus World Sports Awards in the sporting revelation category. He shares a place with Spanish Moto GP champion Joan Mir, Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar and tennis player Dominic Thiem.
FC Barcelona will be represented at this year’s Laureus World Sports Awards thanks to Ansu Fati. The young winger was nominated for the Sports Revelation of the Year award, a category he shares with big names.
Ansu is actually the only soccer player on the list of six nominated, which also includes Patrick Mahomes (American football), Joan Mir (Moto GP champion), Tadej Pogacar (Tour de France winner cyclist) and tennis players. Dominic Thiem and Iga Swiatek.
Despite the injury he has been dragging since last November, the prestigious awards wanted to recognize Ansu Fati’s explosion in the football world in 2020, where he broke records of precocity both in La Liga and in the national team. Spanish.
Regarding the rest of the awards, Rafa Nadal is one of the six final candidates for the title of best sportsman of the year, an award he received in 2011, an edition in which the award for the best team was awarded to the Spanish football team after becoming world champion in South Africa in 2010.
The Balearic tennis player aspires to take over from Leo Messi and Briton Lewis Hamilton, both declared winners. The Formula 1 world champion is among the contenders again, as are Ugandan athlete Joshua Cheptegei, Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski and NBA star Lebron James of the Los Angeles Lakers.
In the category of the best team, the South African “Springboks” will be relieved by the Argentinian rugby team, the Kansas City Chiefs (American football), the Los Angeles Lakers (basketball) or Mercedes (Formula 1). Liverpool and Bayern Munich, author of a sextuplet, represent football.