{"id":205250,"date":"2024-08-01T14:05:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T14:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/01\/nico-williams-future-decided-barring-last-minute-u-turn\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T14:05:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T14:05:35","slug":"nico-williams-future-decided-barring-last-minute-u-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/01\/nico-williams-future-decided-barring-last-minute-u-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"Nico Williams\u2019 future decided \u2018barring last minute U-turn\u2019 \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Barcelona are reported as \u201cpractically zero chance\u201d of\u00a0signing\u00a0Athletic Club and Spain winger Nico Williams this summer, with the Euro 2024 star coming to a different decision on his future.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Williams\u2019 breakout international performances at the European Championship, combined with a relatively affordable \u20ac58m (\u00a348.95m) release clause, had made the 22-year-old a prime contender for a high profile transfer. Barcelona were the club most heavily linked, with Lamine Yamal expressing his hope for a deal, although interest had also come from\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0and\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0too.<\/p>\n<p>But there had been growing doubts over whether Williams would move at all and, now,\u00a0<em>The Athletic<\/em>\u00a0writes that, only barring a \u201clast-minute U-turn\u201d, he is to remain in Bilbao.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Barcelona nor Athletic Club are thought to have had it officially communicated to them at this stage, but both are now working on the assumption that the player isn\u2019t moving.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/01j44h5jb3bmcq3qhdzg.jpg\" alt=\"Nico Williams\" title=\"Nico Williams\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Williams came to greater prominence at Euro 2024 \/ Marvin Ibo Guengoer \u2013 GES Sportfoto\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>The reason is both clear and admirable. It is said that when Williams signed a contract extension with Athletic Club in December, it came with a particular plan that is not yet fulfilled. Staying for one more year gives him the chance to play European football with his boyhood club, having qualified for the Europa League courtesy of last season\u2019s fifth place finish in La Liga.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, the competition\u2019s 2024\/25 final is to be played at home, at San Mames, in Bilbao.<\/p>\n<p>Williams had also been\u00a0warned off jumping into a Barcelona transfer\u00a0by clubmate Oscar de Marcos.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona have additionally been targeting Spain\u2019s Dani Olmo this summer and the latest development regarding Williams could see them put more into that pursuit \u2013\u00a0<em>90min<\/em>\u00a0recently reported that finalising a deal for Williams was the initial priority.<\/p>\n<p>A verbal offer to RB Leipzig for Olmo\u00a0has already been made. Despite ongoing financial limitations, it was in line with his \u20ac60m (\u00a350.65m) release clause, but in more affordable payment terms rather than 100% cash up front. That clause has now expired, although Leipzig were open to a general sale at that amount. No breakthrough had been made, but talks could soon resume.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona are reported as \u201cpractically zero chance\u201d of\u00a0signing\u00a0Athletic Club and Spain winger Nico Williams this summer, with the Euro 2024 star coming to a different decision on his future. Williams\u2019 breakout international performances at the European Championship, combined with a relatively affordable \u20ac58m (\u00a348.95m) release clause, had made the 22-year-old a prime contender for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nico Williams\u2019 future decided \u2018barring last minute U-turn\u2019 \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/01\/nico-williams-future-decided-barring-last-minute-u-turn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nico Williams\u2019 future decided \u2018barring last minute U-turn\u2019 \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Barcelona are reported as \u201cpractically zero chance\u201d of\u00a0signing\u00a0Athletic Club and Spain winger Nico Williams this summer, with the Euro 2024 star coming to a different decision on his future. 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