'Rajada' from Athletic due to media pressure on Nico Williams for his possible signing for Barça

It has exploded the 'bomb' in the 'case Nico Williams'. The footballer of the Athletic Club of Bilbao has been protagonist of incessant rumours that link him to a possible arrival to the FC Barcelona, that has him like the big aim to reinforce his forward this summer. Included, Joan Laporta referred on the interest of the club, ensuring that "obviously that it likes me and for the time being yes can aspire to a signing of this level".

Well, the insistence of the Catalan entity and the press around the likely signing of the extreme has 'satisfied' the patience of the institution bilbaína. By this reason, his president, Jon Uriarte, has issued a very hard communiqué against the Real Spanish Federation and the media for subjecting to the footballer to "a bombardment of questions on his future of immoderate form and without control".

🎙️ Institutional message of Jon Uriarte, president of the Athletic Club, especially it sucedido with Nico Williams in the last weeks.

"Nico, a very engaged footballer with the Athletic Club, has been subjected to a bombardment of questions on his future of form… pic.twitter.com/iahrqdoe8g

— Athletic Club (@AthleticClub) July 11, 2024

"Nico, a very engaged footballer with the Athletic Club, has been subjected to a bombardment of questions on his future of immoderate form and without control, when it is concentrated to contest the Eurocopa by the Spanish Federation of Football, that has not known to protect him", began declaring the maximum mandator of the 'lions'.

"The respect between all the actors that compose the football is a fundamental base, or like this conceive it from the Athletic Club, that does not have like formula subject to a public pressure to players with agreement in other clubs to treat to incorporate them", added, launching him a 'dart' to the Barça when considering that the culés have irrespetado to the institution and to the own forward.

It closes him the door of exit

Finally, Uriarte was 'cutting' when ensuring that in the offices of Saint Mamés do not have any need to give off of his best players. "The Athletic aspires to the maximum, without limits. We are showing that have an attractive project and winner for our footballers and trainer. The proof is that we have renewed recently to two of our international, Simón (2029) and Vivian (2031)", commented.

"Nico signed the year happened until 2027, and also have engaged during several seasons players codiciados like Sancet, Meadows, Julen Agirrezabala, and Walls, for putting some examples. The Athletic Club is qualified economic, social and deportivamente to keep in his structure to footballers of the size of the appointed, included Nico Williams", concluded the president, that expects 'resolve' of this way a 'serial that has extended by several weeks.