THE 'LIONS' INSIST ON COLLECTING THE TERMINATION CLAUSE
FC Barcelona raises its offer for Nico Williams after Athletic's "no" at the first attempt
Published:26/06/2024 - 17:43h
Updated:27/06/2024 - 11:22h
The signing of Nico Williams would begin to encounter its first obstacles. Barça made a first offer of 40 million plus Iñigo for the winger, and after Athletic Club's rejection, they would increase to 55 million plus 10 million in variables for the Navarrese
Nico Williams is one of the names of the market of the FC Barcelona. The navarro is considered like one of the main aims of the Barcelona entity to reinforce the attack, by what from the offices culés work incesantemente in finding the formula for the operation arrive to good port.
By this reason, the newspaper 'SPORT' ensures that the Catalans prepare a second offer to persuade to the Athletic Club of Bilbao. Nevertheless, the group blaugrana is not very positive with the possible answer of the 'Lions', since it is convinced that in Saint Mamés will not listen any proposal and only will remit to the clause of rescission of the player, which would be the only road attain the pair Lamine-Nico that has marvelled to all in the Eurocopa.
The first offer of the culés was of 40 million euros fractionated in two payments of 20 'kilos' more the return of Iñigo Martínez to Euskadi. In spite of that still there is not answer by part of the bilbaínos, the Barcelona expect that this proposal was denied and have to 'shot' a second that it would be of 55 million euros (divided in two payments of 30 and 25) + 10 'kilos' in variables. To this figure it would be necessary to add him the inclusion of Martínez, since the club looks for to give off of him and wait abaratar the cost of the operation with his index card.
However, in the City Condal neither expect a positive answer to this offer, since they understand that the Athletic Club is not had to negotiate and will remit to to clause of rescission of the player, which is valuada in 58 million euros. Although the mount final of the second proposal would reach the 65 million euros, the Barça would assume with greater comfort the payment of signing in two parts before that credit the figure of the clause in an alone payment.
The Premier, to the 'threaten'
In the meantime, Nico Williams concentrates with Spain in the Eurocopa and does not do echo of the rumours of his future. The extreme no only is pretended by the Catalans, since so much the Liverpool like the Arsenal also would be after his track, what supposes a 'threat' for the Barça that, to day of today, can not compete with the financial muscle of the English.
