{"id":14179,"date":"2025-07-04T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/barca-explodes-at-nico-williams-no-and-his-renewal-with-athletic_313365_102\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:28:10","slug":"barca-explodes-at-nico-williams-no-and-his-renewal-with-athletic_313365_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/barca-explodes-at-nico-williams-no-and-his-renewal-with-athletic_313365_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Bar\u00e7a explodes at Nico Williams’ ‘no’ and his renewal with Athletic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The winger has renewed with Athletic until 2035, despite the fact that Bar\u00e7a took his signing for granted. The cul\u00e9 club found out through social media<\/h2> \r\n
\r\n \r\n \r\n Calendar of FC Barcelona <\/a>\r\n<\/div>

Monumental blow that FC Barcelona<\/strong> has taken with Nico Williams<\/strong>, since the left winger from Pamplona has decided to renew his link with Athletic Club until 2035<\/a>, thus reaffirming his desire to remain in the Basque team and leaving that inevitable feeling of having used the azulgrana team to achieve a more lucrative contractual extension<\/strong>, in a case that many already compare with that of Mbapp\u00e9<\/strong> and Real Madrid<\/strong> at the time.<\/p>

Anger at FC Barcelona over the handling of the case<\/h2>

In this sense, the decision of the Spanish international has generated a monumental anger on the part of the Catalan team<\/strong>, for the way in which this whole case has developed. Especially, as they point out in SPORT<\/em>, for the fact that the team from the Condal City ended up finding out about Nico Williams<\/strong>‘ renewal with Athletic Club<\/strong> through the announcement on social media, and not because the player and his environment were upfront and admitted to having opted for his continuity in Bilbao.<\/p>

What weighs the most is the heart \u2764\ufe0f#AthleticWIN<\/a> #AthleticClub<\/a> \ud83e\udd81 pic.twitter.com\/do1QvtqYbP<\/a><\/p> \u2014 Athletic Club (@AthleticClub) July 4, 2025<\/a> <\/blockquote> <\/div>

In turn, we must not ignore the undeniable feeling of disbelief when Nico Williams<\/strong>‘ renewal was announced, after he, apparently, after several days of negotiations, had even managed to reach a verbal agreement with Barcelona<\/a>. It was said that the agreement contemplated a six-season contract, until 2031, and with a salary amount of between seven and eight million euros net<\/strong>.<\/p>

An agreement that was already advanced and that was only pending the payment of the termination clause, stipulated at 58 million euros plus VAT.<\/p>

Athletic pressure and impossible demands<\/h2>

However, this final step was complicated by different factors: both by the pressure from Athletic Club<\/strong> \u2014a team willing to go to the last consequences<\/a> in order to retain its star, even raising a complaint to LaLiga<\/strong> and asking to audit the accounts of the Barcelona team\u2014 as well as by the player’s own environment, which demanded a series of guarantees that were difficult to meet, at least for the moment, by the azulgrana team.<\/p>

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Related<\/p>

Signing at risk? Bar\u00e7a, annoyed with Nico Williams’ demands <\/a> <\/h4> <\/div> <\/section><\/div>

Nico Williams prioritizes Athletic: Bar\u00e7a, used?<\/h2>

However, Nico Williams<\/strong> and his environment decided to throw away any alleged agreement with Barcelona<\/strong>, to renew with his team of a lifetime. But not before making it clear that: “When you have to make decisions, for me what weighs the most is the heart. I am where I want to be, with my people.”<\/p>

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Nico Williams in the match between Athletic Club and Real Valladolid in LaLiga EA Sports 2024\/25<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>

A loud and clear message that gives the impression that, simply, the Pamplona striker has used Bar\u00e7a<\/strong> \u2014as well as other teams\u2014 as a springboard to end up getting a stellar contract with the Basque team. A move that, definitely, has marginalized him from any possible arrival at the cul\u00e9 club in the future<\/strong>. It is a door that has been closed forever, and with good reason, thus marking one of the most controversial transfer attempts that are remembered in the recent history of the Catalan team.<\/p>