Three weeks ago Nico Williams shocked Spain and even all of Europe in football by formalizing its extension to Athletic Bilbao until 2035. A surprise announcement because all the lights seemed to be green for his signature at FC Barcelona. In an interview with Mundo DeportivoJoan Laporta returned to this aborted transfer.
“”Like Luis Diaz's situation
was complicatedand that we were nechoing with (Marcus) Rashford, L'Nico agent came to offer me the possibilityto sign itexplains the president of the Catalan club. At DStart, I prefto focus on the other two options. But in these casesto, j'Always listen to the sports director. »»
“He (Deco) said that'we had at least
listen, because cis an intry playereressing that holds his post on the'wingcontinues the boss of Barça.
NEconomiations actually took place, but there was a big gap between what we were asked and what we could accept. »» Nothing to see, according to him, with a problem linked to the registration of the player in Liga.
The agent of Nico Williams pointed out
According to Joan Laporta, the affair has corned due to the “Payment methods, the agent's commission and several other variables that suggested that the case would not succeed”. “Deco therefore gave an ultimatum of 48 hours and if our conditions were not accepted, we would not conclude the case. In the end, it didn't work. »»
“In parallelhe concludes,The work continued on the other two files and the arrival of Rashford became clearer. »» The English striker (27) finally arrived this week from Manchester United, in the form of a loan with a purchase option set at 30 million euros. With the key, an annual salary of 14 million euros gross.
