The Camp Nou home team wants to find a way to bring back a name that currently works well with Lamine Yamal in the La Roja shirt.
Barcelona are expected to undergo a major overhaul under Hansi Flick. The German tactician and former coach Xavi have many differences in football philosophy, so he can make significant personnel adjustments to be able to implement the most smooth gameplay.
Experts mention a lot that Flick will deploy 4-2-3-1 and therefore, choosing the name to take on the number 10 role will be a problem that will bring a big headache. However, besides that, Flick also needs to solve the problem in the left striker position in the context that Barca plans to part ways with Raphinha, and Joao Felix’s future is still unclear.
When using the 4-3-3 formation, Xavi still has a possible solution which is to pull Pedri up to play as a left-sided striker, however under Flick, the 21-year-old midfielder will almost certainly play the role of a conductor playing behind Robert Lewandowski.
Therefore, the German captain wants to find a quality winger to complete the link in the attack, which already has the presence of Lewy and young talent Lamine Yamal.
According to Sport sources, Flick as well as Director Deco really want to recruit emerging player Nico Williams – Pedri and Yamal’s teammate on the Spanish team.
However, with the club’s financial situation dire, they are currently unable to operate on a 1:1 basis, meaning they cannot simply replace departing players with new ones. This makes it difficult to bring big names to Camp Nou.
They will need to wait for the sale of unplanned stars like Raphinha, Ferran Torres or even Ronald Araujo to supplement the budget, while freeing up the wage bill.
If the funding problem improves and the decision is made to strengthen the left wing, Barca will certainly find a way to convince Williams and activate the release clause of his contract worth 50 million euros at Bilbao.
The 21-year-old could be the perfect addition to Barca’s attack. Williams has experience in La Liga and has shown signs of a big star when he shines in important matches.
Barca themselves also became a “victim” of Williams in the match of the quarterfinals of the King’s Cup. The 21-year-old player contributed 1 goal and scored the match-winning goal in the 120+2′ minute, leaving Barca empty-handed last season.
After that, he continued to shine in the encounters with Atletico and Mallorca to help Bilbao win the championship.
Like Yamal, Williams is one of the young players with the best ability to create breakthroughs in Europe at the moment, with the most concrete evidence being their performance in the recent group stage series, when the duo continuously continued to put Croatia and Italy’s goals on alert.
Joining Barcelona, Williams will not encounter language barriers, moreover, the good relationship on the national team with Yamal will also help him adapt well to the new environment.
Barca are preparing a promising project for next season and if they can successfully convince Williams, everything will become even more wonderful. This is a dream that any Cules wants to become a reality, but as mentioned, finance is the biggest obstacle in this deal.
If they can’t sign Williams, Barca still have other backup options like Brahim Diaz or Jaden Philogene. However, they will try their best to own the Spanish winger.
