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Barcelona plans to focus on recruiting Nico Williams this summer.
Fabrizio Romano, an expert in the European transfer market, said on his personal SNS on the 13th (Korea time) that `Barcelona has Williams as its top target. Talks continue with the players and Barcelona want to start negotiations with Williams from next week."
Barcelona Chairman Juan Laporta also openly said that Nico's recruitment is financially possible. Chairman Laporta will announce the financial work we have undertaken shortly. Now we will be normalized in financial fair play. I really like Nico. "After discussions with Barcelona's general manager Deku and Barcelona's manager Han Ji-flick, we are trying to make good news…" he even left a hint about recruiting Nico.
Williams is one of the stars born at Euro 2024. With one goal and one assist in this Euro, there are not many offensive points, but the impact of the game is enormous in Spain. Williams and Lamine Yamal constantly shake the left and right sides to disturb the opponent, and Spain's score is made a lot in the process. Williams is a winger who has many advantages in many ways because he is very sincere in joining defense and pressing.
Since he was born in 2002, he has a lot of potential for development, so he is looking forward to the future. Williams grew up in athletic Bilbao as a youngster and reached the first team. He entered the first team from the 2021-2022 season and played in the game, but he did not clearly show his potential at the time. He was as fast as he is now, but he failed to show a helpful play for the team based on his strengths.
Bilbao believed Williams' talent would burst one day and continued to give him opportunities. Williams began to be expected as Bilbao's future as he gradually accumulated offensive points in the 2022-2023 season. In the 2023-2024 season, Williams began to burst his potential.
He was recognized as the next star of Bilbao with eight goals and 19 assists in 37 official matches. His position on the Spanish national team has also strengthened through the 2023-2024 season. Spanish coach Luis de la Fuente has made an unconventional choice of placing young supernovae Williams and Yamal on both wings, and so far, that choice is perfectly on target.
Williams, who mainly plays as a left winger, has the best speed. Most defenders don't compete in speed. It is difficult for defenders to approach easily because of the good change of direction and acceleration. He is a winger with technical skills, so his biggest strength is breaking through. He's right-footed, but his left foot ability doesn't even drop. Still, it is regrettable in terms of detail and game management, but this is also a problem that experience can solve.
Negotiations with Bilbao are simple. You need to pay a buyout clause of 58 million euros (about 87.1 billion won). Bilbabo doesn't always let key players out unless it's a buyout clause. This is because of the peculiarity of the club, which only recruits players with blood from Basque regions.
Barcelona, which is starting to be financially sound again, only needs to complete individual negotiations well with the player after triggering Williams' buyout.
rlaeotlr2024@sportschosun.com
