Barcelona is ready to set a transfer deadline at Athletic Club star Nico Williams as their conversations. Touch a crucial phase.
The Catalan giants push hard in their renewed effort to bring Williams to the club after they briefly gone to him last summer.
Barcelona chased him hard in 2024, on the back of winning the UEFA Euro 2024 title with Spain, but he chose to stay in Bilbao.
However, the situation has changed since the beginning of 2025, and the 22-year-old is now open to the move to Catalonia as a deal can be agreed.
Joan Laporta, president of Barcelona Club, has confirmed that they will pay the release clause of Williams € 58 million with Athletic Club that did not want to accept.
Delays on the final details continue to cause concern about a collapse of La Blaugrana because they strive for a structured range.
That causes concern about what happens in Barcelona as they are frustrated about the requirements of Williams according to Mundo Deportivo.
The wing player wants the guarantees of Barcelona to register him as a LA Liga player for next season without problems -at the back of the Dani Olmo Controverse at the beginning of 2025.
After his summer vacation, Williams has returned to Spain and negotiations will now enter an essential phase with Barcelona that demands that a deal will be signed before they start training for the season on 13 July.
Athletic Club starts on July 9 and Williams is expected to rest for a few extra days, to possibly complete the last details.
His current side has applied their willingness to ask La Liga to see how Barcelona wants to finance the deal and whether there can cause problems that can cause a block that will give the importance of Bayern Munich and Arsenal new life.