In recent days, Barcelona Nico Williams has established their leading target for the left -wing position in the Hansi Flick team. They tried to sign him last summer, but on this occasion a deal seems to happen much more likely, especially given that personal conditions have already been agreed.
Williams has attracted a lot of interest in recent months, but clubs are going further. Chelsea and Arsenal have cooled their chase, while Bayern Munich has seen a recent approach reject the Spain International, who has drawn his sights on joining the La Liga champions.
Although this is underway, Athletic Club spectators have been. They can do little to prevent Williams from leaving when his release clause is activated, although they hope to convince him to stay in San Mames.
But these efforts seem to be in vain and sport has now reported that Athletic is starting to lose hope that Williams will remain in the club after the end of the summer transfer window. Nevertheless, they are willing to make it as difficult as possible for Barcelona to get a deal after they have taken the position to demand the full release clause of the 22-year-old as a one-off payment.
Athletic did not expect that Williams would be so desperate to join Barcelona, ​​hence their pessimism. But they still have the ball at their court, where the Catalans can only sign him if they have € 62 million (€ 58 million release clause, € 4 million for CPI).
It is still to be seen how the situation with Williams takes place in the course of the summer. Athletic also looked 12 months ago as losing their player, but on that occasion he stayed. As such, they can still have hope for a similar result.