ESPN FC welcomes Gemma Soler as she discusses why Nico Williams decided to stay with Athletic Club when he received an offer from Barcelona.
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Good luck in Bilbao wining 0 trophies in 10 years.
Jonathan David!!
Yes they missed out on him
He was the guy but their spanish brain was all over Nico
No tienen dinero😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Barcelona dogs acting like barca is on madrid level any player would turn down asselona
Sometimes these pundicts act like they dont watch football. When Lamime Yamal got hurt, we struggled. Thats why we want a good option on the bench. What arr you guys even talking about.
Pretty sure the guy is a Madridista in fact he was playing in his childhood wearing a Madrid shirt just like Yamal lol
They PROCLAIMED to EVERYONE that they were getting him. They DONT HAVE MONEY!!! 😂😂😂😂
They PROCLAIMED to EVERYONE that they were getting him. They DONT HAVE MONEY!!! 😂😂😂😂
Barca = Small club 😂
Screw modern football! What happened? Does loyalty to a club no longer exist? Isn’t it worth more to stay with your own, earn less but truly feel it, than to earn more with strangers? Wouldn't it be beautiful if the stars chose to stay in their local leagues, to help their teams grow, instead of taking the easy road? Football is so much more than trophies. It's more important than life itself. Never forget that. If you do, football for the people will die. Against modern football
Even if Nico didn't want to go to barca, he could have gone elsewhere. Atleti isn't winning anything anytime soon. He is stalling his career by staying in that club. On the other hand, i think barca should go for Rashford instead of Diaz. Both are not consistent, but Rashford fit the barca prfile better than Diaz.
Shameless 🤡 he can stay losing with bilbao
I’m glad we didn’t sign him.
Not sure why people are mad he’s a young talent but there are better players out there who actually want to play for us
Barcelona cant afford avocado and you expect them to sign Nico Williams
Craig doesn't even make sense anymore he was completely incoherent, is this a cognitive decline or he just didn't understand the question?
Donation fc😂😂😂😂😂😂
Usual load of problems with this video. Gemma is wrong that FCB thought it was "impossible" to sign NW at the beginning of the transfer window – there was no interest. Laporta was against it and Deco preferred other players.
There is also no indication that Barcelona would have had any difficulty in paying the termination fee, after banking EUR 150 M plus EUR 53 M in cash from recent commercial deals.
Gemma is also wrong to say that Barcelona have not been admitted to the 1:1 regime because they have "financial difficulties". La Liga's 1:1 rules require adjustment to within a strict set of parameters and La Liga have recently indicated that FCB should have no difficulty in achieving this.
NW's representatives made FCB 'an offer they couldn't accept:' they required them to sign a clause providing that if for any reason the player were to be unregistrable, he could walk away as a free agent, leaving the club with a EUR 62 M loss. There's no reason the cub would accept this risk, even though it's remote.
Finally, as for FCB's problems the rating agency Morningstar estimates the club's revenue will rise to 1.1 billion by 2027, as compared to 763 million in 2024.
An opportunity for Jan virgili or Dani Rodriguez from la masia to take over, plus Rashford on loan.
Barca trying to get world class players for penny’s on the dollar 😂💀
PSG would have scored 6 on that Barca defense 😂💀
Isn't that a STAB in the back for Yamal im sure Barcelona was interested in Nico because Yamal recommend him
How did we get tricked twice, we should try again next season to find out why he keeps doing this
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I think Kasey Keller was ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON with his point here, barca are big time hypocrites if they’re crying about “feeling used”, bro WHO CARES. If Nico played barca to secure the bag then GOOD ON HIM 🤣 as he should.
And no I don’t think this will affect his relationship with Lamine at all, bc friendships are bigger than clubs, bigger than football, I’m sure they’re gonna stay bros for a long time and besides, if he didn’t tell him beforehand even better bc that means if barca ask Yamal if he knew beforehand he’d have plausible deniability, so he’d actually appreciate if Nico didn’t tell him in advance so he wouldn’t have to lie to his bosses.
Overall boss move and 10 year big money contract at his hometown boyhood club, Nico will retire a legend 👏
Good stuff Nico
Idk, maybe it does come from his heart, he didn't just reject Barcelona, but also Bayern
These guys are talking out there A$$ 😂😂😂
It's more logical to strengthen the left-back position , then maybe a left winger since roony is present
10 year? Crazy.
Who cares should nico williams act miserable and sign a contract.. no get that spray paint out
I get you extend with the "club of your heart" but for TEN years? So youre gonna sit around for 10 years and not win ANYTHING? Cuz lets be real? Atletic Bilbao aint winning anything with Barça and the level they are playing with now and with Flick in charge. I hope Barça never go for him again. What a clown. He aint there cuz he loves Bilbao he wanted to get a bigger check. Dude youre 21 you dont need THAT much money. You NEED to get your trophy cabinet game up and being at Bilbao you aint gon do NOTHING for your trophy cabinet. It is what it is. Barça need to go for Rashford cuz if its one replacement we do need its CF because Lewa is pretty much on his way out within the next year or two. Leave this clown Nico Williams in the dust 👌🏻💯
He probably had enough of toxic barca and their mentality after hanging out with their players during the Euros
Barca es el mejores equipo del Mundo y nico nunca vonvera atener esa oportunida no mas mas