The Lamine Yamal Story on Instagramshowing him with Nico Williams, panicked FC Barcelona supporters on Friday afternoon. The Blaugranas had already tried to recruit Dani Olmo and Nico Williams a year ago, in the wake of the coronation of Spain in Euro 2024, in order to associate them with Pedri and Lamine Yamal, two other Roja cracks. President Joan Laporta had only managed to recruit Olmo from Leipzig.
Nico Williams, he had decided to stay at Athletic Bilbao, his training club, and made a slightly sawing of saw, with 5 goals and 5 assists in 29 championship matches (for a 4th qualifying place in the Champions League), as well as 5 goals and 3 decisive passes in 13 Europa League games (until the semi-finals against Manchester United).
At 22, Iñaki's little brother Williams is on the departure of the Basque Country thanks to a release clause set at 58 or 62 million euros (the two amounts filtered in the Spanish press). Arsenal is again instantly and Bayern has been insisting for some time, but Nico Williams wishes to join the FCB.
Nico Williams behind Luis Diaz?
As indicated Foot transfer windowDeco, the Barcelona sports director, met the winger’s agent and the latter assured that Nicholas Williams (it is the official spelling of his first name) would prefer to join Catalonia. The player's advisor has already accepted a salary of 12 million euros gross per year. It is as much as Pedri, Ronald Araujo and Dani Olmo, but less than Robert Lewandowski, Frenkie de Jong, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha, whose emoluments exceed 15 million per year.
Mundo Deportivo However, explains that Barça has two other wingers in the viewfinder: Luis Diaz and Marcus Rashford. The FCB will not spend more than 60 million euros for the 28 -year -old Colombian winger of Liverpool. Managers must therefore quickly decide to recruit Nico Williams or not. Marcus Rashford would cost less in transfer compensation but would have an XXL salary and above all, at 27, the Manchester United player is an attacker who posted many shortcomings.
