Chelsea and Arsenal found Nico Williams’s transfer decision after the Barcelona meeting | Football

Barcelona held talks with Agent Nico Williams on Friday where it was explained that the Bilbao Athletics winger wanted to play for the Catalan club.

Arsenal and Chelsea both have a long interest in Williams and have considered steps for Spanish international players this summer.

However, Bayern Munich is also in the market for new winger after the decision of Leroy Sane and the Bundesliga champion made an approach for Williams this week.

It is understood that Williams will be open to join Bayern, despite his salary demands of € 380,000 (£ 322,000) a week can be proven to be an obstacle.

Bayern, and Barcelona, ​​Arsenal and Chelsea, need to meet the release clause of € 58 million (£ 48.1 million) in their agreement with Bilbao.

Mundo Deportivo reported that Barcelona also in running to sign Williams and player agent, Felix Tainta, met with Barca Sports Director, Deco, on Friday.

The report claimed that the message during the meeting was clear that Williams would be ‘excited’ to join Barca this summer.

However, Barcelona’s first choice option to strengthen the Hansi Flick Luis Diaz’s attack option, although they refused to pay more than € 60 million (£ 51 million) for Liverpool winger.

That figure will represent a significant profit for Liverpool, who signed Diaz at an initial cost of £ 37 million from Porto in January 2022.

Barcelona also did not rule out the prospect of signing Marcus Rashford after meeting with British international relatives and agents last month.

Manchester United want to sell Rashford this summer and demand a cost of £ 40 million. Barca, meanwhile, preferred to sign a 27 -year -old loan with an option to buy next year.

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