The brass at La Liga champions Barcelona will not hold any form of negotiations with their counterparts at Athletic Club, amid efforts to sign Nico Williams.
That’s according to RAC1, who have on Thursday provided an insight into the situation.
Significant developments towards Nico at last taking his talents to Catalunya’s capital this summer have of course been confirmed over the course of the day to date.
This comes after it was widely reported that the 22-year-old has agreed on the terms of a contract with Barcelona.
🚨🔵🔴 Nico Williams and Barça have agreed personal terms on 6 year deal!
Agreement sealed on player’s contract until June 2031 with the salary in the region of €7/8m net per season.
Barça are currently working on financial terms to get deal done with Athletic. pic.twitter.com/9iP8eAWEpc
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 19, 2025
From here, the understandable assumption on the part of most was that it would now be up to Deco and co. to find a similar agreement with La Liga rivals Athletic Club.
As alluded to above, however, in fact, the Blaugrana do not intend to hold club-to-club talks with the Basque outfit at all.
As per a report from RAC1, as much comes with Barca aware that Athletic will not negotiate any sum lower than Nico’s release clause.
The Catalans, in turn, intend to simply activate as much, leaving the board at San Mamés with no say in the matter.
📢 Explicat a @elmonarac1. El Barça i Nico Williams ja han arribat a un acord perquè el davanter jugui al Camp Nou.
👉 L'acord és per les properes 6 temporades, fins al 2031.
👉 El jugador pagarà la clàusula i no hi haurà negociació entre clubs.#frac1 pic.twitter.com/gHjFeZfGqU
— El Barça juga a RAC1 (@FCBRAC1) June 19, 2025
Conor Laird – GSFN