Reject Real Madrid! The Basque genius is devoted to Barcelona! The sky-high salary + a six-year long appointment impresses Biba Jintong

On June 18, according to the Spanish media "World Sports", Athletic Bilbao star Nico Williams really wants to join Barcelona and is not interested in the invitations from other giant teams. Catalan media also revealed that Barcelona's arch-rival Real Madrid once wanted to spend a penalty to sign Nico Williams, but was decisively rejected by the players.

In fact, as early as last summer, Barcelona wanted to sign Nico Williams. The Bilbao Golden Boy shined in the European Cup, and had a very tacit understanding with his good friend Yamal, and helped Spain win the European Cup. Nico Williams was very moved in the face of Barcelona and Yamal's kind invitation, but he decided to play for the team for another year with Athletic Bilbao. Athletic Bilbao gave him a high salary of tens of millions of euros and gave him a certain advertising share.

Although Nico Williams encountered a trough last season, as the schedule deepened, he gradually recovered his form. He represented Athletic Bilbao in 45 games in a single season, started 35 times, and contributed 11 goals and 7 assists. Although the data of 8 goals and 16 assists in 37 games in the 2023/24 season was a bit faded, this still cannot stop other giant teams from pursuing him. After the end of the season, La Liga giants Barcelona, ​​Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, Premier League giants Arsenal and Chelsea all want to sign Nico Williams. However, Biba Jintong is only interested in Barcelona. After other giant teams knew the players' wishes, they could only stop and withdraw from the battle.

In order to sign Nico Williams, Barcelona contacted his agent team early, which made Athletic Bilbao feel dissatisfied. According to multiple Spanish media reports, Barcelona offered Nico Williams a sky-high annual salary of 12 million euros, hoping to sign a six-year contract with him. Barcelona's sincere conditions also touched Nico Williams, and the two sides have reached an agreement on individuals.

Barcelona did not encounter many obstacles in player negotiations, after all, both sides can be said to be in love. However, for Barcelona management, the negotiations between them and Athletic Bilbao are the real test. As we all know, Athletic Bilbao has never had the habit of actively selling core players. If other giant teams want to buy the leading stars in their hands, they can only spend the penalty.

When Bayern Munich sought to buy Xavi Martinez, he colluded with the players to fight Athletic Bilbao, but was hit hard by the "Basque Lions" and eventually had to pay the full penalty, so he brought Xavi Martinez to the Allianz Stadium. The latter became the public enemy of Bilbao.

Now Athletic Bilbao's main defender Yuri Belchiche also forced the club to seek a transfer. As a result, Athletic Bilbao directly pushed Belchiche into the cold palace when he was popular, and even transferred to the reserve team for a time. In the end, Belchi, who was "lost and returned", had to seek the club's forgiveness and chose to renew his contract before he could return to the starting lineup.

So if Barcelona wants to sign Nico Williams, they can only pay a penalty. Because Athletic Bilbao players are all from Basque youth training, player exchanges cannot work at all. Inigo Martinez cannot be used to exchange Nico Williams. If the club is forced to be confronted by players, according to Athletic Bilbao's usual style, they may refuse to negotiate the deal directly. The buyout fee of 58 million euros is the real problem for Barcelona, ​​whose financial situation is not clear.