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Barcelona presidential candidate Victor Font has accused president Joan Laporta of lying about the club\u2019s ability to\u00a0sign\u00a0Nico Williams this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n
A release clause of \u20ac58m (\u00a349m) has seen Williams attract significant interest from Europe\u2019s elite this summer, with Arsenal and Chelsea joining Barcelona in pursuit of the Euro 2024 winner\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n
Despite the club\u2019s well-known financial issues,\u00a0Laporta has long insisted\u00a0that\u00a0Barcelona\u00a0have a genuine chance of signing Williams, vowing that enough work has been done behind the scenes to raise the requires funds.<\/p>\n
Font, however, has insisted a move for Williams has never been a true possibility.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish we could sign Nico Williams as it is what we need,\u201d Font told\u00a0The Athletic<\/em>. \u201cThe president has said it is possible, but that is not true. Today, it cannot be done.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope it will be possible tomorrow, or the following day. But today, it is not.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Laporta has publicly praised Williams \/ Pedro Salado\/GettyImages<\/p>\n
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Font continued: \u201cWe socios want to dream and to believe what we are being told. The problem is we\u2019ve had three summers of being told all is fine, we\u2019ll sign players and it\u2019s all resolved.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith every year that passes the credibility is falling. And this summer, if promises are not fulfilled, credibility will fall even further.\u201d<\/p>\n
Laporta\u2019s stance may be meaningless when all is said and done as reports suggest\u00a0Williams has already decided to remain with Athletic Club for at least one more season.<\/p>\n
Barcelona\u2019s focus is currently on striking a deal for another Euro 2024 winner, midfielder Dani Olmo. Talks remains on with RB Leipzig over an agreement which could be worth over \u20ac60m (\u00a351m).<\/p>\n
Barcelona presidential candidate Victor Font has accused president Joan Laporta of lying about the club\u2019s ability to\u00a0sign\u00a0Nico Williams this summer. A release clause of \u20ac58m (\u00a349m) has seen Williams attract significant interest from Europe\u2019s elite this summer, with Arsenal and Chelsea joining Barcelona in pursuit of the Euro 2024 winner\u2019s signature. Despite the club\u2019s well-known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":204281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n
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