And the Catalans have maintained this idea, despite some setbacks in recent days.
Barcelona was snubbed by Williams last summer, the 22 -year -old who chose to stay at the Athletic Club on this occasion. But it is now much more open to an arrival, and the personal conditions having already been agreed, an agreement may be concluded once the liga champion has settled his release clause.
Within Barça, we hoped to negotiate an agreement with Athletic to pay the Williams release clause in several times, but this idea was completely rejected by the Basque club. Thus, Barcelona will have to pay 62 million euros (release clause of 58 million euros, starting indemnity of 4 million euros) in one time, but despite its proven financial difficulties, the club claims that it is possible.
Williams is open to a departure from the Athletic Club this summer.
Barcelona informs Nico Williams of his registration
Despite a personal agreement, he was reported at the start of the weekend that Williams had asked Barcelona to guarantee his registration in Liga, allowing him to play without problem during the 2025-26 season. According to Sport, this request has been accepted, which means that the Spanish international will make no objection.
Barcelona hopes to avoid a rehearsal of the fiasco last season involving Dani Olmo and Pau Victor, but this time, many players could be transferred to guarantee his return to the 1-1 ratio in Liga. Ansu Fati will leave for AS Monaco next week, while Marc-André Ter Stegen, Andreas Christensen, Oriol Romeu, Pablo Torre and Pau Victor were also identified as candidates at the start.
It would seem that Williams joins Barcelona, despite the numerous athletic attempts to block an agreement. There is still work to do, but things seem to evolve in the right direction.
