Abstract! Asking for Barcelona to "write a letter of guarantee", causing the negotiations to break down...

Yesterday, Bilbao officially announced that it had signed a 10-year contract renewal with Nico Williams, which shocked everyone's chin in the football circle.

Before this, Nico had agreed to Barcelona's personal terms quotation. The transfer seemed to be a foregone conclusion, but suddenly there was a 180° reversal without any warning.

It is reported that the reason for the rupture of the transfer is that Nico feels that Barcelona cannot guarantee whether he can "play the ball", so he asked Barcelona to write a "guarantee letter". Such a novel request of Barcelona of course refused, and then this farce happened....

The transfer expert Romano revealed that Nico had reached a personal agreement with Barcelona on a seven-year contract, but in order to avoid Olmo's registration problem last season, Nico asked Barcelona to write a written guarantee:

"Before the end of August, Nico must successfully register for Nico, otherwise players can be allowed to leave the team freely." Barcelona immediately refused this demand, and then Nico's team proposed a compromise plan again:

"If registration is blocked in August, Barcelona can allow players to leave the team on loan or transfer." Half an hour before Nico officially announced the renewal, his agent Tyneta also called Barcelona to put a harsh statement: "If Barcelona does not accept it, the negotiations will break down."

Obviously Barcelona will not accept it either. It is unheard of for a company to write a guarantee letter for a new employee, but when the agent contacted Barcelona, ​​he did not mention preparing to renew his contract with Bilbao, which made Barcelona's senior management feel quite angry and believed that Nico was fooling Barcelona.

But if you stand on the player's side, it is no problem for Nico to be eager to get Barcelona's registration guarantee. I believe his agent team has also delved into the club's financial problems.

Although Barcelona's sale of Camp Nou VIP audience for 100 million euros this season has greatly alleviated the financial pressure, it has only filled the previous fiscal deficit, including the increase in player salary and renewal of some players, to fill the new income corresponding to expenditures such as spending.

Previously, Nico and Barcelona reached an annual salary contract of 12 million euros, and also required a termination fee of 60 million euros, which would put Barcelona's fiscal operation space on a severe test.

Nico does not want to bet on a question of "can you play the ball". On the other hand, Bilbao has proposed a 10-year contract (the longest contract in football today) + net income of 10 million euros (maximum salary in the team) + annual salary step-by-step growth.

Compared with Barcelona, ​​Athletic Bilbao's offer seems more sincere. Considering the core position in the team and the love of fans, Nico finally stopped hesitating and signed his name on the contract renewal.

If last summer window is included, Nico has "breaked his appointment" to Barcelona for the second time, which may completely close Barcelona's future door to him.

But on the other hand, since he joined the Bilbao Athletics youth training camp in July 2013, he has spent 12 years in the club. If he can fulfill the contract, he will definitely become a legend of the club.

would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. As a working person, I can understand Nico's decision; but if you stand in Barcelona's vision, the player will release the plane at the last moment twice in a row, it will be quite disgusting...