Barcelona set to pay Nico Williams' release clause in early July

Nico Williams will be a Barcelona player. That seems to be the clear intention of the Catalan team and this is reflected in the information closest to the entity. Despite the rumors and doubts of recent days, it seems that the Spanish international will swap Athletic for Barca in the coming days. Specifically next week.

According to ‘Mundo Deportivo’, the Catalan club will trigger the release clause (58 million euros plus CPI) of the player on July 1st or 2nd. A date that has its explanation from the point of view of the accounts of the 'Cules'.

According to the information of the mentioned means, Barcelona will pay those days the total of the payment for a simple strategic reason at fiscal level, since it wants that the operation computes in the economic exercise 2025-26, which begins precisely the first day of the next month.

The first intention of Barcelona is that the player and his entourage agree with Athletic a beneficial exit for all in which the Catalan club can pay the clause in installments. If it is not reached, the Catalan club is prepared to pay the same in full as usual in these cases.

One way or another, barring a cataclysm, everything indicates that Nico Williams will be under the orders of Hansi Flick in the preseason and will become the second reinforcement of a Catalan team that next week will officially announce the signing of the young Swede Roony Bardghji.