Final message? Athletic sends a clear hint to FC Barcelona with Nico Williams

Published:31/07/2024 - 17:21h

Updated:31/07/2024 - 17:21h

FC Barcelona have made it clear that Nico Williams is their big target for the summer, although Athletic seem increasingly confident that they will be able to keep the striker for another season

Amidst a lot of uncertainty about where Nico Williams will play this new season, Athletic Club has put tickets on sale for the San Mamés matches of the 2024-25 campaign, taking the opportunity to send a clear message to FC Barcelona, the great candidate to sign the Navarrese. And the Basques have precisely selected Nico to promote the match against the Blaugrana team.

But beyond the fact that it is a direct match against the Catalans, it is also very striking that it is the match corresponding to the last matchday, the 38th, in which an image of Nico Williams kissing the shield appears. In addition, it is the only image in which the European champion appears with the Spanish team to promote the tickets, so the 'dart' that they are trying to send from San Mamés to the Catalan team is evident.

In Bilbao have left all very clear to the Barça

Nico also appears in the promotion for the Bilbao club's season tickets, along with a phrase that says: "Listen to the signs." Thus, it seems that the delay in the winger's response to Barça would be related to the new campaign by the Basque club, implying that they already trust that the player will continue with the red and white colors.

The detail would lose importance if there was no comparison with when the official shirt of the Basque team came out. At that time and in the midst of speculation about the possible arrival of the youngest of the Williams to Can Barça, Athletic did not choose Nico to be one of the figures of the new kit, unlike the other internationals Unai Simon and Dani Vivian.

Given the insistence of Barça to get Nico, and of other teams such as PSG, the latest information points to the fact that Nico will stay, at least, one more season at the Basque club. This is what Athletic thinks, who are increasingly convinced that Nico will present himself on August 12 with his teammates, and that he has no intention of presenting an offer that would pay his 58 million release clause.