Nico Williams, Laporta’s strange excuse

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Asked about the failure of the transfer of Nico Williams, Joan Laporta did not really convince the socios of FC Barcelona…

He established himself two months ago as one of the sensations of European football. The architect of Spain’s success at Euro 2024, Nico Williams could have joined his attacking partner Lamine Yamal at FC BarcelonaThe young winger of the Roja was announced in Catalonia. But the transfer could not be concluded.

Barça’s management has not managed to find common ground with Athletic Bilbao to finalize this major operation, while the Catalan club has also attracted another European champion, Dani Olmo. An end of the transfer window that Joan Laporta mentioned in a press briefing on Tuesday.

“I will not talk about the players who are not with us”

We could have provided a guarantee to conclude a last-minute signing, which had already been done, but we did not want to put our individual assets at risk,” soberly launched the president of Barça on the subject of the coach of the transfer of Nico Williams. I won’t talk about the players who aren’t with us. There’s a very good atmosphere in the dressing room, Flick has already said it, there’s a lot of investment (…) There are a lot of players who want to come to Barça but their agents contact us and they know that we are completing the economic recovery.”

“We want to do everything right. To save the rest, we found other situations. We will reach the 1/1 rule. We are very satisfied with what we did during the transfer window. Olmo was the priority and Deco told us he would improve the squad“, concluded Laporta.

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