Fermín López continues to earn praise after winning the Olympic gold medal with Spain in Paris. The last to join the messages of admiration and affection towards the one from El Campillo was Nico Williams, who in the midst of the rumors about his possible signing for FC Barcelona once again fueled the culés' hopes of seeing him in Catalonia this summer with an affectionate comment on Instagram.
"You play a lot brother," wrote the one from Pamplona along with two emoticons. The message from the Basque winger to the Blaugrana midfielder denotes his excellent 'feeling' with all the Barcelona internationals, a factor that the board will bet heavily on in its final offensive to leave Athletic without its star. Joan Laporta maintains full confidence in closing the operation shortly, although the president has other alternatives on the table, anticipating a "no" from the Bilbao striker.
The deadline set by Barça to resolve the 'Nico operation'
In principle, the culé board hoped to resolve the negotiations with Nico before his return from vacation to the Athletic preseason. The deadlines have been extended more than expected due to Barça's problems in returning to the 1/1 rule, something that should happen during this week with the resale of the remaining 60% of Barça Studios, added to another sale /cession when falling.
In that sense, Deco and Laporta seek to have a definitive resolution regarding the youngest Williams before Barça-Athletic corresponding to matchday 2 of LaLiga. The culés debut at home in the tournament on Saturday, August 24 against the team led by Ernesto Valverde and the logical thing is that, by then, everything will be resolved. A tense calm reigns in San Mamés, assuming that the man from Pamplona will not 'betray' the club this summer. However, Barça will wait at least one more week for the winger's final response. What is clear is that the transfer is unlikely to take place before the close of the summer market, due to the position of both clubs.