Matteo Moretto Transfer Column: Nico Williams, Mario Gila, Giorgi Mamardashvili and Jan Oblak
Matteo Moretto gives Football España exclusive information on the latest business dominating the newspapers in Spain, as revealed in Daily Briefing by Fabrizio Romano.
As we pointed out all summer, someone still has to leave Barcelona in order to sign Nico Williams from Athletic Club. As of today, there are no advanced negotiations for any of the Barcelona forwards to leave, but next week we will have a better understanding of the situation. The update is that from next week, Barcelona will move to try and reach a definitive agreement with Williams in personal terms.
At Barcelona, everyone is convinced that his signature would be a big coup that changes things for them in the field and in the media. Real Madrid brought in Kylian Mbappe, Barcelona wants to respond with a purchase that makes noise. As a reminder, Williams has a release clause of 58 million euros, which Athletic will require for him to leave.
Lazio defender Mario Gila had offers this summer, it is true, amid talks of interest from other outlets who had interest from Serie A, the Bundesliga and of course the most notable, the Real Madrid this week, according to Diario AS. But I can say that those offers were rejected for Gila, and I know that he wants to stay at Lazio this year. Real Madrid is currently focused on other things, of course the main one is Leny Yoro, as it competes with Manchester United.
Sunday, Gila also came out in public to declare that he is happy at Lazio in Il Messagero, even if an offer comes from his former club in the Spanish capital.
I can reveal that even after signing a new deal with Villarreal, Filip Jorgensen is one of the two main options for Olympique Marseille. There is already a negotiation going on between Marseille and Villarreal, next week we will have much more clarity on whether the deal will go ahead or not. Meanwhile, Las Palmas' Alvaro Valles, who manager Roberto de Zerbi really likes, is also on his list. These two Spanish goalkeepers are the favorites of OM.
At the moment, the movements of the chain for goalkeepers is somewhat blocked because at Atletico Madrid, Jan Oblak has not yet received a real offer, and while Giorgi Mamardashvili of Valencia has interest from the Premier League, there is nothing of concrete that is currently happening.
Matteo Moretto will be back with more transfer news in the coming days, providing exclusive information on the biggest stories in Spain and Italy.
