Didac Aguirre They reveal why Nico Williams's signing with Barça fell through: lack of respect
The terrible gesture from Barcelona that ended its relationship with Nico Williams
One of the biggest stories of this summer transfer window was Barcelona's interest in signing Nico Williams. Trying to finalize this deal at any cost, Nico ended up renewing his contract with Athletic until 2035. According to information from the newspaper SPORT, the reason for this was Barcelona's suggestion to Nico to change his agent.
Without revealing more information about it, SPORT claims that a Barcelona official was responsible for the deal falling through. Nico, who is represented by Tainta, has an excellent relationship with his agent. According to what we know at Defensa Central, this suggestion from the Barça representative was taken as a complete lack of respect.
By suggesting that his agent should be Jorge Mendes or Pini Zahavi, the relationship ended. Barcelona's intentions with this change were clearly to speed up Nico's signing. That didn't happen because Nico showed he has more values than the blaugrana club.
The reason for Nico's renewal
Since last summer, Nico Williams has been on Barcelona's radar as a possible signing. Although they didn't manage to finalize anything at the time, Barcelona persisted with its interest this summer. Joan Laporta, blaugrana president, even went so far as to claim that the signing was on the right track and was going to happen.
A statement that was quickly exposed as yet another vile lie from Laporta. As he has done many times in the past, Laporta wanted to resort to highly questionable methods. Instead of trusting Nico, Barcelona sought other means to secure the transfer.
Although the Athletic winger is only 23 years old, he has already proved to be a mature person. The lack of respect from Barcelona was something he couldn't overlook. This only shows the highly questionable ways Barça has of negotiating.
The most sensible decision
Having been part of Athletic's first team since 2021, Nico's time at the club continues. The winger made the best decision of his career by rejecting Barcelona. Along with the club's ugly gesture, it is known for destroying the careers of all its players.
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