{"id":207452,"date":"2024-08-08T17:15:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T17:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/08\/athletic-club-chief-confirms-stance-on-nico-williams-sale\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T17:15:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T17:15:08","slug":"athletic-club-chief-confirms-stance-on-nico-williams-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/08\/athletic-club-chief-confirms-stance-on-nico-williams-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletic Club chief confirms stance on Nico Williams sale \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Athletic Club vice-president Jon Ruigomez has revealed the club have taken a calm approach to convincing Nico Williams that his future lies with the Basque side.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Williams was attracting interest from Arsenal, Chelsea and Barcelona even before his dazzling Euro 2024 campaign, with his release clause of \u20ac58m (\u00a349m) widely viewed as an enormous bargain in today\u2019s market.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the interest in his services, Williams is believed to have\u00a0decided to remain with Athletic\u00a0and even\u00a0hinted at such a choice\u00a0in a video on the club\u2019s social media channels.<\/p>\n<p>While Athletic are powerless to block an\u00a0exit\u00a0to any side who triggers his release clause, Ruigomez insisted the club have long been working to convince Williams to remain and are now confident of a positive outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf things are done well and there is a project, there is peace of mind,\u201d he told\u00a0<em>Cadena SER<\/em>. \u201cAthletic is a reason for excitement, I think this is something that usually happens and does not change from one day to the next. People are looking forward to an exciting year.<\/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\/01j4rsm0wrbnr84mr59e.jpg\" alt=\"Nico Williams\" title=\"Nico Williams\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Williams returned from his holiday early \/ Richard Pelham\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cIt is not a question of knowing or not knowing [whether Williams will leave], it is a question of staying calm, of having confidence in the work that is being done, that there is a project, that there is a lot of enthusiasm and with these elements, what has to happen, happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest\u00a0Barcelona\u00a0were surprised by Williams\u2019 public video as they have not yet given up hope of luring the 22-year-old over to Camp Nou alongside fellow Spain star Dani Olmo.<\/p>\n<p>An agreement worth around \u20ac62m (\u00a353.4m) has been struck to sign Olmo, who began his career in the Barcelona academy but failed to make a senior appearance before taking the unconventional decision to head to Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athletic Club vice-president Jon Ruigomez has revealed the club have taken a calm approach to convincing Nico Williams that his future lies with the Basque side. 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