The Nico Williams transfer saga drags on as Barcelona and Athletic Club continue to wait for a final decision from the 22-year-old Spanish winger.
For a while, it appeared that Barcelona were all set to sign the UEFA Euro 2024 winner but in recent days, there has been pessimism growing surrounding the transfer.
Williams is understood to be considering staying put at Athletic Club for one more season despite being crazy about the possibility of joining the Blaugrana.
Barcelona yet to give up
Now, according to SPORT, Barcelona are still not giving up on signing Nico Williams yet and in fact now believe they have one competitor less in the race.
That is because, the 22-year-old speedster has rejected the possibility of signing for PSG, despite the Parisian giants sending in multiple offers.
Nico is yet to decide. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
As such, the final decision for Nico is now to choose between staying at Athletic Club or signing for Barcelona, with both teams now awaiting a decision from the Spanish international.
No one in the Barça camp has thrown in the towel on the signing of the Ghanaian-born player. It is true that they had hoped to have closed the deal by now, having returned to the 1:1 rule with the injection of the outstanding amount of Libero by Barça Studios.
However, none of the pending strategic movements have taken place and Barcelona cannot give a 100% guarantee to Nico and his agent that his release clause plus the corresponding Consumer Price Index (€62 million) can be met and he can be registered.
Reports indicate that Barcelona are prepared to wait until August 12, the day on which Nico is supposed to rejoin training with Athletic Club, to see if he chooses them.
At the same time, though, the Blaugrana are also working to sign Dani Olmo, although negotiations with RB Leipzig are proving tricky.
Source link : https://barcauniversal.com/barcelona-still-not-giving-up-on-nico-williams-signing-report/
Author : Michel Durant
Publish date : 2024-08-03 19:08:00
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