Real Madrid has already packed their most active summer in many years, with the signs of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dean Huijsen and expects to follow a movement for Alvaro Carreras. However, reports from a possible movement for Nico Williams were still surprising when the story broke on Tuesday evening.
The Athletic Club wing player will be available again this summer for € 60 million because of its release clause, and while Barcelona seems to have left Williams, Real Madrid was linked to a movement for him. Van Los Blancos is said to weigh a movement for the 22-year-old this summer.
However, according to MD, sources in Real Madrid have denied links to Williams. 'There is nothing with Nico Williams' the line that came from Valdebebas. He is a player who is well considered and appreciated by Los Blancos, something that has been the case for a while, but they have no plans to move for him at the moment. Their focus is currently on closing a deal A for Carreras.
Although he sometimes started his career, Williams has made the left side for athletic and Spain in the past two years. With Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappe and Rodrygo goes the most comfortable on that left side, adding another player who thrives in that position, seems bizarre, and more after a season in which the chemistry between Vinicius and Mbappe has been limited.
When Williams continues this summer, it's bad news for Athletic. Perhaps more worrying is that Alvaro Djalo's record signing last summer did not affect his first season in Bilbao, which means they look somewhat briefly to the future. Alex Berenguer could play that role on the left instead of Williams, but with both Berenguer and Inaki Williams in their thirty by the start of the following season, Los Leones wants a clear follow -up plan.