From January 1 to December 31, a subject continually comes up in the columns of the Catalan sports press: the transfer window. Indeed, Sport And Mundo Deportivothe two best-known publications, are multiplying articles on this subject which fascinates all FC Barcelona fans. On Wednesday, MD readers got their money’s worth since Deco, the club’s sporting director, gave a long interview in which he discussed the cases of Erling Haaland, Viktor Gyökeres and the matter of Pedri’s contract extensions. , Gavi, Frenkie de Jong and Ronald Araujo.
He was also questioned about his club’s previous transfer market. A transfer window where the Camp Nou residents wanted to recruit Nico Williams (22 years old). Very friendly with Lamine Yamal, with whom he was invaluable on the wings in the Spanish selection during Euro 2024, the Athletic Bilbao player was visibly interested in the idea of joining Catalonia. But his club, as well as his family and his brother Iñaki, managed to convince him to stay for another season.
Backfire for Nico Williams
Deco admitted that he gave it a try last summer. “Nico is a player who, it is true, interested us this summer, who we tried, but after that the player made a decision and life goes on. We brought in Dani Olmo, who was the priority because we didn’t have that type of player in the squad. The idea with Nico was to have another player in attack because we wanted competition at a high level. But as soon as the player shows that he is not interested in coming, we no longer talk about it. Except that Barça is still talking about it.
Indeed, El Chiringuito assures this Friday that the Catalan management still makes him its top priority for 2025. It will a priori rather be for a transfer during the summer transfer window. It remains to be seen whether Barça will have the money necessary to buy him and whether Bilbao will wish to sell the player under contract until 2027. If this file were to fail again, Sport cites the names of Rafael Leão (AC Milan) and Kvicha Kvaratskhelia (Naples), who is also in the sights of PSG.
