FC Barcelona are keeping tabs on various players that may be viable targets in the future. These players could range from being ideal sporting fits or even simply great financial opportunities that the Catalan club would like to take advantage of, keeping in mind their own economic limitations.
However, at times there are players that end up being both. Considered to be jackpots from a football business perspective, opportunities like these seldom come around but when they do, clubs like FC Barcelona tend to pounce on them at a moment’s notice.
The most recent of such scenarios has been reported in the case of 21-year-old Spanish international Nico Williams. Plying his trade for Athletic Bilbao and the Spanish National team, his quality and performances have had Barcelona on alert in recent months.
According to Spanish outlet SPORT, however, it appears that Barcelona will have more competition for the player’s signature than they initially thought. As per the update provided, El Clasico rivals Real Madrid have now entered the list of clubs interested in the services of the Athletic Bilbao winger.
Moreover, it does not exactly help any particular club’s cause that the 21-year-old will be a free agent in the summer of 2024 given that his contract with Bilbao will expire. Unless the Basque club manages to make him commit for a longer duration, it could see the younger of the two Williams brothers make his way to either Catalunya or Madrid.
According to sources, Barcelona believe that their chances of landing him are strong while those in Madrid believe Florentino Perez has his own eyes set on the young and promising winger. It is also worth noting that interest still remains persistent from the English Premier League.
For Barcelona, the player will remain a golden opportunity as long as he can arrive as a free agent. With January fast approaching, Bilbao will need to make movements soon in order to tie down Nico Williams, or else other clubs could possibly snatch him up on a pre-agreement in the winter window itself.
