Athletic Club present new contract offer to Nico Williams amid 'positive' Barcelona talks

The future of the star of Spain Nico Williams it remains a matter of status for Athletic Club and Barcelona, ​​while state club Paris Saint-Germain are also hoping to steal the 22-year-old away from Spanish football. A decision is expected next week.

This is according to Matteo Moretto on Reliefwhich explains that Williams has not yet revealed anything significant to anyone, but his agent Felix Tainta, who presented all the pros and cons of each option for him. Athletic Club I am determined to keep him, and have a new contract ready to go with a salary increase if he decides to stay in Bilbao.

Meanwhile, Barcelona have intensified discussions for Williams in the last two weeks, and Moretto's information is that they can afford to pay his release clause. That said, they still don't have the green light on the personal terms offered to Williams, although it is not thought that this will be a decisive issue one way or the other, since the discussions with Tainta have been ” positive and constructive”, as the Blaugrana explained the project they are trying to build around him.

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PSG have also been in contact in recent days to see if his signature is a possibility, and what kind of terms will be required for Williams to make a move to Paris. In his case, the release clause of 58 million euros would not be a problem. Next week, Williams is expected to make the call one way or another.

Which way he chooses is likely to have a big impact on the transfer market, with Dani Olmo thought to be Barcelona's alternative to Williams, as well as a target for Bayern Munich. Meanwhile, PSG have yet to make a splash in the transfer market, despite losing Kylian Mbappe, who looks likely to be remedied at some point.