Nico Williams may be the best player of the Euros so far, but where will the young star of Athletic Bilbao and the Spain national team play next season? Williams has a release clause of only 58 million euros – a small amount of money compared to what he is really worth considering his age (21) and his ability in both Spain and Bilbao last season.
It’s no secret that Barcelona really wants the player and he, for his part, wants to wear the Blaugrana uniform and reunite with Lamin Yamal, with whom he also collaborates in the national team. However, as is known, in Barcelona the budget is currently very limited and Chelsea, who are also interested in him, are ready to double his salary and pay him over 15 million euros per season – an amount Barcelona will have a hard time meeting.
In “Sport” they claim that Nico Williams is “crazy” about the idea of playing in Barcelona, but Laporte needs to find a financial solution. Reports say that in order to finance Nico’s arrival, Barca will have to sell “assets” and the names mentioned are Rafinha and Jules Conde. Rafinha plays in the position of Nico Williams, but had a good performance last season.
Conde has been a regular in Xavi’s squad, but Hansi Flick has earmarked Kimmich as his replacement and Barca may sell the France international defender/stopper, with Arsenal mentioned as candidates to sign him. Nico Williams had his breakout season last year. He plowed the left wing of Bilbao and led it with 11 assists and also added 5 captures.
Williams showed great ability in Spain’s uniform, especially in the games against Italy and in the last game against Georgia, in which he scored and also scored a beautiful goal in 1:4 that secured his team a ticket to the quarter-finals and a heated meeting with Germany.
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