Nico Williams to FC Barcelona is just about done and dusted, right? Despite persistent Bayern Munich interest, the Spanish international has already rejected the Bavarians and indicated his desire to move to the Catalan club.
Not so fast, according to Barça journalist Dídac Peyret of Diario Sport as captured by @iMiaSanMia:
Athletic Club would prefer to sell Nico Williams to Bayern over Barcelona. The Basque club is said to be willing to offer Bayern more flexible financial terms regarding the payment of the release clause. With Barcelona, however, they’re inflexible and demand the full amount in a single payment. Bayern are clinging to Athletic’s position because they know that Barça won’t have an easy time meeting the clause in one payment. Nevertheless, Barça remain confident that the signing of Nico Williams will be completed despite the difficulties involved [@didacpeyret, @sport]
Well well, more financial difficulties for Barça, who would have thought?
The reigning LaLiga champions will probably be able to register Williams though, if they sign him. Sounds like an amazing sales pitch.