Spanish Media: Barcelona Plans to Continue Pursuing Nico Williams Next Year and Offer Him the No. 10 Jersey

Catalan media “Mundo Deportivo” reports that despite the constant rumors throughout the summer, Barcelona was unable to complete the acquisition of Nico Williams this summer. However, Barcelona is not planning to give up. Next summer, Barcelona will continue to pursue the 22-year-old star and may even offer him the number 10 jersey. This summer, Williams rejected the possibility of joining Barcelona. Of course, there are also media outlets that doubt whether the financially troubled Barcelona has the 58 million euros required to pay the buyout clause. However, “Mundo Deportivo” points out that Williams actually gave the green light for a transfer to Barcelona but proposed some conditions that Barcelona could not meet this summer—this Basque winger’s requirement was: to complete the transaction as soon as possible and ensure that he could be registered immediately.

Barcelona believes they can do this but cannot give a 100% guarantee. The evidence is Olmo, who could not be registered immediately after his transfer and only completed registration using the “emergency injury rule” after Christensen’s injury.

One reason Barcelona believed they could register Williams in the summer was their belief that they could reach a new sponsorship agreement with Nike during the summer, which they have been working on but failed to achieve before the window closed.

Catalan media revealed that Barcelona had even planned to give Williams the number 10 jersey and sell Ansu Fati. However, these plans were not successful this summer.

Finally, Spanish media concluded that if the conditions are right, Barcelona will attempt to sign Williams again next summer. Barcelona believes that their financial situation will be better next summer, the team will return to the Camp Nou, and they will be able to complete the deal with Nike. At that time, Barcelona will also have many other important contracts to handle, such as those of Pedri, De Jong, Araujo, Yamal, and Gavi.