According to the Daily Sports Daily, Nico Williams hopes that Barcelona will complete the transfer before July 9, because Athletic Bilbao will start summer training for the new season that day.

Nico Williams has taken a decisive step to prepare to join Barcelona this summer. A few days ago, Nico expressed his willingness to leave the team through his agent, and even stated that he would put pressure on the transfer personally if necessary.

Nico is firmly hoping for a transfer this summer and has rejected offers from higher salaries abroad. He made few extra requests, the only hope was that Barcelona would understand the tight time and speed up the deal.

At present, Nico and Barcelona have reached an agreement on their salary, and the next key is to pay the termination fee. The players hope the deal can be completed by July 9, because Athletic Bilbao players will return to the team that day to start pre-season training. Nico doesn't want to be involved in the long transfer soap opera, nor does he want to face unreasonable speculation from the media and fans. He is very clear that if he still returns to the team for training, he will face tremendous pressure.

Barcelona has decided to push forward the signing deal with all its efforts and abandoned other alternatives, such as Diaz and Rashford. The club made it clear that Nico is a strategic level signing target and they will do anything to do about it. However, Bilbao is taking steps to block the deal.

Barcelona expressed its understanding of Nico's position and will make every effort to complete and announce the signing of the contract within the time node he hopes. However, the premise is that Barcelona needs to ensure that Nico can be successfully registered after joining. Barcelona has sent away Lenglet and Fati, freeing up some of the salary space, but that is not enough and further work is still needed to register Nico and new goalkeeper Joan Garcia.

After Nico took the initiative to make a statement, everything will be smoother. He is even willing to get a salary in his first year after joining Barcelona in order to match the club's salary cap requirements.