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THE BILBAÍNOS 'PRESSURE' THE PLAYER TO PREVENT HIS LEAVE

'Anti-Barça' 'campaign' at Athletic Club to prevent the escape of Nico Williams

Published:23/07/2024 - 14:42h

Updated:23/07/2024 - 14:42h

Athletic Club looks with concern as they could lose their top figure in the hands of Barça. Therefore, between statements and gestures, they begin to pressure him to retain him in Bilbao

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The signing of Nico Williams by the FC Barcelona begins to 'heat'. The extreme navarro is the priority of the Barcelona entity in this window veraniega, by what have put all his efforts in closing his contracting in the weeks to come. In fact, diverse informations ensure that the Catalans already would have the 'himself' of the footballer, by what all would depend of the payment of his clause of rescission, which is valuada in 58 million euros.

This situation concerns, and too much, to the Athletic Club of Bilbao, where observe as they can remain without his maximum figure in question of days. The lions trusted the continuity of the player during the next season, since his renewal until 2027, added to the challenge to play the Europe League (with the final in Saint Mamés) and the possibility to follow enjoying another year with his brother and a team in which it is happy, seemed to dissipate the doubts. However, his grandísima presentation in the Eurocopa and the interest of the big of the continent seem to have changed this stage.

While in Can Barça follow betting strong by the arrival of the footballer, from Saint Mamés have initiated a 'campaign' to try retain him, at least, a season more. By this reason, the bilbaínos have given him the leadership of the new campaign of T-shirts for the next course. In the shop window of the shop of the club is the name that more can appreciate in the clothings rojiblancas and blue with the 11 in the back and his name.

The word of the team

On the other hand, from the changing room rojiblanco have commissioned to send several messages to the player and the press to put him a 'brake' to the informations that link him to the group of Hansi Flick. "I expect that they leave it calm", went the sentence pronounced by Ernesto Valverde after the friendly party in front of Boroughs. Now, it has been Óscar of Marcos, captain of the team, the one who has left him a conclusive 'recado' in press conference.

"It seems that when it wants you the Barça, have to go you and if you are not committing an error, many times is necessary to take into account that it is not all that glitters is not gold. There is it is necessary to value where are. For Nico is a delicate situation, there is a lot of noise to external level and this pressure can carry you to take a mistaken decision", commented, adding that "it gives me the feeling that he goes to say the last word and trust that it goes to be followed with us".

The side ensured that for Nico "the best is to continue in the Athletic", since has "an ideal progression for a footballer". "Every year it is being better, with the trainer that goes him to take out incredible party, is in the Selection, has been one of the best players of the Eurocopa, is in an ideal place, a changing room that wants him, some friends and the brother, is an ideal place to follow maturing, be to taste, has this sense of belonging, ojalá put all these things in the scales want the best for him", resolved.

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