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Goodbye to Real Madrid, Barça offers him €8M per year and Fabrizio Romano says it

FC Barcelona is about to sign a Real Madrid castoff, according to Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano

Barcelona Football Club has reached an agreement with Nico Williams to sign a contract until 2031. For an annual amount that is between 7 and 8 million euros, according to Fabrizio Romano. The player, who was ruled out by Real Madrid, as it believes that position is already very well covered and with better players than the Athletic Club de Bilbao winger.

Nico Williams reaches agreement with FC Barcelona until 2031 for between 7 and 8 million annually

Barça, which can't register Joan García, according to LaLiga President Javier Tebas, due to the problem it still has with Financial Fair Play. It will pay his release clause of 27.3 million USD (25 million euros), and will also have to assume the amount stated in Nico Williams's clause, which rises to 63.9 million USD (58 million euros).

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Nico Williams with Athletic Club this season | Didac Aguirre

Athletic Club de Bilbao, after the way the blaugrana club has treated them, doesn't intend to lower the price by even a single euro. Therefore, FC Barcelona will have to seek financing and try to balance the books in order to register both footballers.

No one has the slightest doubt that this won't be a problem given the precedents of recent years.

Tebas and the CSD will come to Barça's rescue if necessary, to register Joan García and Nico Williams

Both Tebas and the CSD will do what's necessary for the Catalan club to register, even if the operations it carries out to achieve this raise many doubts about their legality.

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Nico Williams with Athletic Club this season | Didac Aguirre

Laporta remains oblivious to what is said outside the Catalan entity, in order to strengthen a team that has just won La Liga, Copa del Rey, and Spanish Super Cup. It came close to playing in the Champions League final.

The only thing the president of the culé club has to do is find another loophole so Nico Williams and Joan García can start next season with their teammates. Even if the club's asset funds that are sold never arrive, or have a very suspicious origin. The important thing is that Barça keeps doing whatever it wants, with the acquiescence of the relevant authorities.

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