Compete With Real Madrid Who Brought In Kylian Mbappe, Barcelona Yakin Gaet Nico Williams

Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams while strengthening Spain at Euro 2024. (X/SEFutbol)

JAKARTA - Barcelona are confident they will attract front player Athletic Bilbao Nico Williams. Williams recruitment shows Barca are ready to compete with Real Madrid who brought Kylian Mbappe.

Barca is no longer standing still. When Madrid always bought players, Barca responded by targeting Wlliams.

Madrid did not stop signing top players. This season, Los Blancos recruited England's national team midfielder from Borussia Dortmund Jude Bellingham. As a result, Bellingham became the main pillar when Madrid won the doubles title, La Liga Spain and the Champions League.

This season, Madrid got Mbappe for free who refused to renew his contract at Paris Saint-Germain. The presence of the captain of the French national team clearly makes Madrid even more frightening.

If Barca still rely on young La Masia dropouts, where the club is fostered, they seem to have difficulty facing Madrid.

Barca also took important steps by bringing Williams, one of the young Spanish stars. The purchase of the 21-year-old winger who brought Spain to win Euro 2024 by beating England 2-1 also shows that Barca is not actually a bankrupt club.

Despite being in large debt and experiencing financial problems, Barca is still active in the player transfer market. However, the club must meet the requirements if they want to bring in players.

If you don't reach a new contract agreement with Nike who is the sponsor of the apparel, Barca seems difficult to buy players. It seems that the negotiations for the new contract are close to a deal so the Blaugrana is ready to recruit Williams.

Barca will redeem Williams' release clause which reached 58 million euros. If you redeem the release clause, Bilbao does not have the authority to defend the player.

Barca did compete with Chelsea and Arsenal for the player who scored Spain's first goal in the Euro 2024 final against England.

However, Barca had already taken a personal approach with Williams in the middle of the European Cup. Both sides have reached the agreement.

Director of Sports Barca Deco has also met with Felix Tainta, Williams agent. They finalized the player's contract. The recruitment plan seems to be running smoothly even though Bilbao doesn't expect to release his players.

Even Bilbao criticized the Spanish football federation for being unable to protect players who made many clubs free to negotiate with players while in Germany.

Because Bilbao became a victim because his players decided to move to another club while still defending the national team at Euro 2024.