Spanish media: Deco secretly goes to Ibiza, Barcelona strives to make Nico Williams transfer

According to Daily Sports and World Sports, Barcelona Football Club sports director Deco secretly flew to Ibiza, a famous Spanish resort on Wednesday to meet with Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams to fully promote his transfer to Barcelona.

It is reported that Nico Williams is currently on vacation in Ibiza, and Deco's trip was to have face-to-face talks with him. This marks the latest move by Barcelona to win the Spanish star and also indicates that the highly anticipated transfer is accelerating.

Nico Williams, 23, has been one of the most dazzling new stars in La Liga in recent years. His contract with Athletic Bilbao contains a termination clause of approximately 64 million euros. It is worth noting that according to Athletic Bilbao's consistent club policy, they will not reduce this amount. This has been fully confirmed from the transfer cases of Andel Herrera, Kepa, Xavi Martinez and Laporte in the past few years.

Just last week, Nico Williams's agent Felix Tanta had held preliminary talks with Deco at a hotel in Barcelona. It was revealed that Tanta clearly conveyed the player's strong desire to join Barcelona during the talks. This is very different from what happened a year ago - Nico Williams verbally agreed to Barcelona president Laporta on the phone, but eventually chose to stay in San Mames and help the team reach the UEFA Cup final.

This summer, the situation has changed significantly. Barcelona has adjusted its strategy and always kept a low profile to the outside world. Even though Laporta has publicly denied his interest in Nico Williams many times, in fact, the club has never given up on the plan to introduce him.

The current transfer narrative is: the players actively express their willingness to join, while Barcelona strengthens their offensive with the trend. Both sides seemed to be satisfied in this tacit atmosphere.

Although Barcelona still has to face the challenges brought by the Fiscal Fairness Act, the deal has entered a substantial stage. Deco went to Ibiza and communicated face to face with Nico Williams, which was enough to show that the negotiations were going well, and there was only one last shot.

For Barcelona, ​​signing Nico Williams is not only to strengthen the lineup, but also to respond to the call from the locker room - young players including Yamal, Barde, Kubasi and other people have expressed their welcome to him in various ways.