The renewal of Nico Williams with Athletic Club was a hard blow for the sports planning of FC Barcelona. Although, in principle, the Basque player expressed his express desire to wear the Blaugrana shirt, ultimately negotiation with the “abutments” collapsed, in good extent, thanks to the management of Javier Tebas.
And the fact is that the president of Laliga, in addition to braking the Barça room for the maneuver because of the constantly evolving rules of the financial “fair play”, has also disclosed detailed information on the club’s economic situation atwhich, finally, allowed the Bilbao team to convince its star to exclude its move in Catalonia.
In this regard, the president of the National Center for Spanish Football Coaches (Cenafe), Miguel Galán, who has always openly criticized Tebas in the association of employers, assured that the manager had harmed Barcelona “through public declarations and a violation of its obligations with the duty of confidentiality“.
Javier Tebas violated the confidentiality of Barça in “Operation Nico Williams”
By a message extended to his account “X”, Galán assured that the president of Laliga held several meetings with the athletics council where he “violated the duties of loyalty and confidentiality“, This by disclosing detailed information on the current situation of” Azulgranas “in terms of” fair play “.
At present, Barça is still not able to return to rule 1: 1 and, moreover, exceeds its wage margin. This prevents them from recording any strengthening this summer, as well as updating the recording of the players of their team which renew the contracts.
Not in vain, Pau Víctor and Dani Olmo were recorded via precautionary measures, thanks to the intervention of the Higher Sports Council (CSD). If it depended on Laliga, the two players should have terminated their contracts in January to obtain their respective federative licenses again.
How did Javier Tebas affect the negotiation between Barça and Nico Williams?
In this sense, Miguel Galán explains that, following conversations between athletics and Javier Tebas, Nico’s agent, Félix Tainta, took a turn in negotiations with Barça By demanding a liberation clauseAnticipating that at the start of season 25/26, Barça would still not be able to record the player, as happened with Olmo the previous season (the terrassa player was recorded on the day of the match).
Consequently, the president of Cenafe considers that Joan Laporta did the right thing by refusing to include this clause in the Williams contract, because it meant An unacceptable risk for club administrationHaving already paid the 62 million euros (including the IPC) of the footballer’s clause.
The unacceptable liberation clause which @FcBarcelona_es did well to reject.
Javier Tebas, as a liga president, has initiated public statements indicating that FC Barcelona could not record Nico Williams. Likewise, he held meetings with athletics … pic.twitter.com/egbgnuhmbm
– Miguel Galan (@Miguelgalancnfe) July 5, 2025
“This clause would constitute a serious violation of the principles of diligence and care in the management of assets, in addition to representing An offense sensitive to civil and criminal liability For club administration officials, “said Galán.
Well, the truth is that athletics got out of it, renewing Nico Williams until 2035 with an increase of 37 “kilos” to his clause (now 95 m). Meanwhile, Javier Tebas once again truncated the plans of the market A Barça again injured by the rules of “fair play”Applied to convenience to limit the blaugrana salary and the financial margin.
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