The information quickly went around the press in Spain and surprised everyone in Barcelona as in Bilbao. We had to rub your eyes to be sure of having understood the press release from Athletic. “”The Athletic Club and Nico Williams reached an agreement to extend eight seasons, until June 30, 2035, the contract which was to expire in 2027. Its termination clause increases by more than 50% compared to the previous one.»Courted for weeks by the Blaugranas, with whom he had once again agreed on a salary of € 6 million year -round, Nico Williams finally decided to extend by 8 years with his training club.
This morning again in Catalonia, we thought the outcome near. But not that outcome no, rather the transfer of the 22-year-old winger to Barça. Everything seemed to complete since the player himself had warned the Leones on Monday evening of his choice to join the Cules. His agent, Felix Tainta, had met Deco on several occasions and it was Williams himself who asked for this meeting. After the failure of the past year, Barça still kindly kindly returned to this file, aware that it needed an additional offensive player in the left corridor. Who better than the 2024 European champion, very friendly with most Barcelona and especially Lamine Yamal?
Barça learned the choice of Nico Williams … by the Athletic press release
The Liga winner simply asked to wait until July to complete everything and be in the nails of the famous 1: 1, the very strict financial fair-play imposed by the Liga. The sale of VIP seats of Camp Nou, found in April by the competent authorities, is a priori in the process of being authorized. But with the recent setbacks of the Blaugranas in economic matters, Tainta then demanded a written guarantee from the club, that his client would have his registration rights for the coming season. If this was not the case, he would then have the possibility of leaving free. Barça preferred to wait for the Liga press release rather than sign such a commitment.
This is where Nico Williams returned to Athletic, the Basques themselves very surprised by this reversal of the situation, it is said in Spain. No doubt that discussions took place upstream to seal such an extension, and also quickly. But on the Barça side, it's a new cold shower. The club learned the news from the Leones tweet this morning. The Williams clan did not even take care to warn upstream. Joan Laporta, Deco and the other members of the Management are in shock, stunned by such a lack of respect says The beach bar. A meeting is currently underway to understand what happened. This file will probably have consequences of which the extent is still unknown.
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