Nico’s resounding gesture, which Athletic hopes to achieve after the Euro Cup
The winger has a contract until 2027 and several clubs are willing to take him
Nico Williams, alongside Barça players Lamine Yamal and Fermn on the plane back from Berlin.
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Juanma Velasco
Nico Williams is on vacationThe international winger renewed his contract in December until 2027 with aa clause of between 55 and 58 million euros and after his extraordinary final stretch of the season – with a Cup title and a leading role in the European Championship won by the Spanish team – there are several clubs willing to sign him.
The club will soon announce how much vacation time Nico and Vivian will have, since Simon will undergo surgery on his right wrist on Thursday and the vacation will overlap with rehabilitation. During this period of absence of Lezama Athletic will be delighted that Nico is blunt about his future and says publicly that he has a contract and that he will continue in red and white next season, which starts in mid-August..
Athletic has maintained direct communication with their players during the time that Nico, Simon and Vivian have been concentrated with the Spanish national team in Germany. Nico renewed his contract in December and Simon and Vivian did so later. Simon extended his contract in May until June 2029 and on the eve of the European Championship it was Vivian who signed until 2032. BarcelonaChelsea, Liverpool and Bayern are some of the clubs that are considering signing him. The Catalan team wants extend to his club the influence he has in the game alongside the powerful Lamine Yamal.
The red-and-white board has not discussed the transfer options for Nico with any team and will not do so, as it will not accept offers. Nico will only leave Athletic if he asks to leave and the person interested in having him play for them arranges with the player the full payment of the clause.
