FC Barcelona is coming out of a very complicated summer. The constraints of financial fair play in La Liga have clearly posed more of a headache for the management of Joan Laporta, who still managed to offer some nice gifts to Xavi, like João Félix and João Cancelo, arrived in the money time of the summer transfer window. Via some financial maneuvers and their proximity to certain agents like Jorge Mendes, the Barcelona leaders were able to significantly strengthen their workforce…
And obviously, in the offices, we are already working on next summer. Always on the lookout for good opportunities and the free player market – again exploited this summer with İlkay Gündoğan and Íñigo Martínez – the Barcelona club has already set its sights on a new player whose contract is about to expire: Nico Williams, the nugget of Athletic.
A close friend of the Barça nuggets
The 21-year-old winger is one of Barça’s main targets for the next transfer window, as revealed Sport. And it is much more than simple interest, since the club has already contacted the player’s agent to test the waters. Fast and dribbling, Williams is capable of playing on one side as well as at the forefront of the attack, and is one of the biggest prospects in Spanish football, he who is already an A international (10 caps, 2 goals).
It is fully in line with Barça’s recruitment policy, aiming to enlist young players, Spanish ones at that. Especially since during the recent selection training courses, Williams got closer to the young Barcelona clan made up of Lamine Yamal, Gavi and Alejandro Baldé. On the pitch, he also showed a very good understanding with Yamal, as during the Spanish victory against Cyprus (6-0), where the two young people wreaked havoc up front. Athletic will still try to extend their player who has distributed 2 assists in 4 La Liga matches this season, but given the interest of Barça, it looks complicated…
