On Monday, Marca reported Athletic Club Bilbao’s Nico Williams is doubtful to face Newcastle United on Wednesday. It was also reported his season has been ‘hampered by pubalgia’.
At the weekend, the forward came off the bench in his side’s defeat to Real Sociedad.
Athletic had training yesterday ahead of the Champions League clash against Newcastle and Estadio Deportivo report Williams didn’t take part in Monday’s session.
According to Estadio, Williams’ ‘physical level is very poor’. It’s unclear whether he can be fully fit on time to face Newcastle United. Athletic’s Iñaki Williams, Iñigo Lekue and Maroan Sannadi are set to miss the clash at St James’ Park due to injuries.
Cadena Ser also report the Spain internationals didn’t train yesterday and is a ‘serious doubt’ for the Newcastle fixture.
Tuesday’s edition of Mundo Deportivo reports the attacker didn’t train outdoors on Monday. He’s been dealing with a physical problem in recent weeks and therefore, his training load has been reduced.
Williams is under the close supervision of Athletic’s medical staff, and they are managing his situation carefully. The newspaper reports things will be clearer later today, when the party travel.
According to Mundo, Athletic’s training session will start today at 11am local time.