Nico Williams is hoping Athletic Bilbao will be open to an offer from Barcelona after expressing his desire to join the Blaugrana.
Athletic Bilbao may be unable to convince Nico Williams to stay at the club, but the Basque side will make a move to Barcelona as difficult as possible for the Blaugrana.
Nico snubbed Barcelona last แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ summer in favour of Athletic Bilbao. With the Basque side convinced to keep the 22-year-old forward with next season’s Champions League campaign a key attraction. However, the effort proved fruitless as Nico has made it clear he wants to sign for the Catalan giants this summer.
Athletic Bilbao are reportedly not going to make it easy for Barcelona to sign Nico, insisting that the Blaugrana will have to pay his €58m release clause plus €4m in the CPI (Consumer price index) for a total of €62m just to complete the deal.
However, Barcelona are willing to pay the full amount. But they will negotiate a payment plan over two to three years. Athletic Bilbao are expected to reject the offer, but Nico will ask the Basque club’s management to consider it.
However, following the pattern of other deals in recent years. The Catalan giants are not able to pay the amount up front and want to split it across 2-3 years.