Final offensive! FC Barcelona set the deadline to sign Nico Williams

Three weeks remain in the transfer market and FC Barcelona continues 'cooking' its big coup of the summer. Nico Williams remains the priority of a Barça entity that does not lose hope of signing him despite the doubts surrounding the player and those around him. The sports management refuses to rule out the arrival of the Navarrese, and although the footballer has not yet made known his definitive answer, the culés remain calm while the summer window remains open. However, this 'patience' has a limit.

The landing of the Euro 2024 champion in Barcelona is a 'dream' for Joan Laporta. However, from the Spotify Camp Nou offices they do not intend to be left without room for maneuver to obtain reinforcement for the left winger in case the player decides to stay in Bilbao and they will not wait until August 30 to close his signing. For this reason, the Catalans have set August 24 as the deadline to finalize his incorporation. On that date, the team led by Hansi Flick will receive Athletic Club at the Lluís Companys Stadium, and they trust that Williams will play the match in the Barça shirt.

At Can Barça they are optimistic about Nico's operation, which they would have quite under control on an economic level. The deposit of the 40 million euros unpaid by Libero, assumed by Aramark, allowed the Blaugrana institution to return to the 1/1 rule, so, both internally and in 'fair play' with LaLiga, the culés have all the square accounts to pay for the transfer of the winger. In the Blaugrana offices there is tranquility, waiting for what may happen in the 'exit operation' or the entry of new sponsors to keep the coffers balanced.

On the other hand, the newspaper 'Mundo Deportivo' has reported that Nico's representative, Félix Tainta, knows the club's offer in detail, although the footballer will have the last word. His environment is playing a key role in his final decision, and it was their pressure that made the player place himself under the command of Ernesto Valverde earlier than expected. Although they already know that there is no risk of him not being registered, his idea is for the forward to remain in San Mamés for at least one more season, with the aim of playing in the Europa League with his brother. , Iñaki.

Barça is ready to give the 'blow'

Although the player has already rejoined Athletic Club training, and even starred in a video where he was 'excited' about the start of the next season, Barça has not 'thrown in the towel' by any means. The fact that talks are being held between both parties, taking into account the aforementioned, is understood by the Blaugranas as a good sign about the attacker's desire to join Flick's squad.

For this reason, the Catalan entity, as of today, does not consider any other scenario other than the landing of the Navarrese player in Barcelona and, according to 'SPORT', they would have everything ready to close the operation in 24 hours once the attacker has given the 'green light'. The signing of Nico would be the definitive coup for Joan Laporta, who in his penultimate season in charge of the club, hopes to bring Williams together with Lamine Yamal (his great friend and one of the Catalans' main assets in the negotiations) and Dani Olmo, thus bringing together the 'star' trident that gave the Euro Cup to Spain and that could return Barça to the top.