The continuation of Nico Williams by Barcelona was not well received last summer in Bilbao, and that of this summer was welcomed with even less enthusiasm. Bayern Munich hopes to take advantage of an increasingly tense situation.
After Williams clearly expressed his wish to sign in Barcelona, the Blaugrana decided to relaunch his recruitment. However, they did not count on Williams’s agent, which is understandable, demanding guarantees that the 23 -year -old would be recruited, which has questioned the contract. Barcelona publicly expressed his interest in Williams and suggested that he could pay the liberating clause of 58 million euros, but there is no guarantee that he can recruit the Basque winger.
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In this context of uncertainty, Bayern Munich, the first to have recruited Williams last month, made a second contract offer in Williams. The Athletic Club winger would favor a transfer to Barcelona, but Sky de (via Sport) reports that Bayern offered to pay him 12 million euros net per season. If Williams gave the green light, the club promised to activate its release clause this week.
Williams would be interested in a transfer to Barcelona.
In addition, the Athletic Club would not be fully satisfied with Williams. El Chiringuito adds that the last confrontations between the two men were very tense and that the Williams team interpreted Athletic transfers as a personal attack. It is clear that the leones are not satisfied with Barcelona, as they have expressed publicly, but it seems that they are not delighted either that Williams offers himself to the Blaugrana.
Among the guarantees requested by Williams agent, Felix Tainta, was a clause allowing him to leave for free if Barcelona could not recruit him. Barcelona rather proposed a clause allowing him to leave the club for the same amount in this case, considering Tainta's suggestion as too risky. They will not change any minds.
Barcelona can currently pay the clause, but cannot guarantee its recruitment. Cadena Cope notes that Barcelona also begins to get tired of this endless transfers saga, and some club members would withdraw from the file if Williams did not accept the conditions offered.
Initially, Barcelona had targeted Luis Diaz (Liverpool) as the main target, but the reluctance of the Red Devils to negotiate so far has slowed down this approach. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) would be the cheapest alternative, even if Barcelona should also negotiate with the Red Devils.
